"Didn’t anyone teach Orwell’s “1984″ to the Entertainment Weekly staff..."

Of course they did. 1984 is about militant right-wingers bent on creating perpetual war and mind slaves to make them rich. At least, that's the only way I have ever heard it taught or represented in the pop-culture. Big Brother Bush and his warmongering, get richery.

Turns out your can destroy a masterpiece without changing the words at all if you control education...