War of Words
If you go to http://www.foxnews.com/ right now, the top headline is labeled "War of Words", and has the debate in the link at the very top attached to it. This debate was on twitter, between Trump, former Attorney General Eric Holder, and ex-FBI Director James Comey but included the opinions of others. Between all people involved and the tweets shown in the article, I don't believe any party used the "decay of language" suggested by Orwell. Because it was on Twitter, the writer can only use shorter phrases and not other long, and overly wordy phrases. When Trump exclaimed that the FBI's reputation is in "tatters", this interesting choice of a word is what sparked this conversation. The FBI also made their own response to President Trump, “Every day, FBI Special Agents put their lives on the line to protect the American public from national security and criminal threats. Agents perform these duties with unwavering integrity and professionalism and a focus on complying with the law and the Constitution.” I mean, you could say that this is a little wordy in its response to say that the FBI follows the laws and is dedicated to protecting the nation, but they are trying to sound extra important to combat the words of our president. This, though, is the only phrase I would say is wordy enough to be on the edge of the decay of our language.
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