So, when did it all become 'history'? Two years ago the world was told that Osama bin Laden was assassinated by U.S. Navy SEALS and his body buried at sea. Many disbelieved and mocked. But now? Lest Orwell's warning go unheeded, we take a second look:

"And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed

— if all records told the same tale —

then the lie passed into history and became truth."