re: Hillary thinks 1984 is about the importance of trusting politicians and the media

The woman is a devoted follower of the guru of misinformation, distortion and lies, Saul Alinsky. What else would she claim to believe about Orwell's book?

If Hillary is a Star Wars fan, she cheers for the Empire.

The worst part is that there are so many people in this country that think that way & still support her. So many people just begging for their own demise.

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Why are there so many Hillary Clinton topics here? Is she even relevant anymore? Even Trump has moved on from her.

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She is the gift that keeps on giving. The OP was quoting HER recently released book.

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Is English your first language?

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Missed your snappy, yet trivial, one-liners. How ya' been?

It sounds more retarded than it does authoritarian. I mean just shite tier analysis with the sentence structure of an eighth grader writing a book report.

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As strange as it seems, both the left and the right use 1984 to demonize opposing views

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That's not really strange when you think about it. The book demonized established authority. Both sides would likely believe it's the opposing authority that needs to be overcome.

hillary's take is bizarre in that she seems to champion the established authority.

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"Attempting to define reality is a core feature of authoritarianism," the former secretary of state wrote in her new book, "What Happened." "This is what the Soviets did when they erased political dissidents from historical photos. This is what happens in George Orwell's classic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four when a torturer holds up four fingers and delivers electric shocks until his prisoner sees five fingers as ordered," she added.

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So she opens the paragraph like this, clearly stating that defining reality and undermining objectivity is a "core feature" of authoritarian systems/leaders like the Soviets and the
government of Oceana in 1984. Clearly not an endorsement of unchecked government authority. She then, accurately but somewhat clumsily, goes on to point out that destroying alternative sources of information or authority, which could serve as a credible check to State power (in this case the Office of the President), is critical to this effort. And that includes delegitimizing institutions such as:
1. Media - Check
2. Polls (that you don't like) - Check
3. SMEs in a variety of fields from diplomacy and arms to science and medicine - Check
4. Other government leaders to include Congressional leadership, senior career officials, and one's own appointed leaders (McConnell, Ryan, McCain, DoS, The IC, the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General, etc) - Check

She's not arguing that the message of 1984 is to trust media and the government. She's saying that the story illustrates the importance totalitarian states place on abasing all competing centers of moral, intellectual, or actual authority. The idea that "I and my inner circle are the only ones you can trust" is classic totalitarian inception. Not saying Trump is actually IRL pursuing dictatorial authority, because he frankly doesn't know what to do with the powers he already has. But his entire public narrative fits that to a letter. Good thing most aren't buying this particular brand.

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I don't find it so much bizarre as it is revealing.

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Yep. Yours is definately a better take.