"In George Orwell's '1984,' documents deemed embarrassing to the State were tossed down a memory hole, a disposal chute in the Ministry of Truth that led to enormous furnaces. Taking a cue from the novel, Russ Kick, a journalist and author, established www.thememoryhole.org, a Web site dedicated to saving official documents from oblivion and posting them online."
--New York Times ("Circuits" section) [read it]

"The Memory Hole demonstrates how powerful a tool the Web can be when it comes to the retrieval and dissemination of information (especially information that certain parties would prefer to suppress)"
--Christian Science Monitor [read it]

"All too frequently, governments and business organizations try to fudge the truth, or in some cases, suppress documents that would lead to the revelation of the truth. Russ Kick, editor and publisher of 'The Memory Hole,'has taken it upon himself to bring such stories of repression to our attention. In some cases, he reveals the documents that expose information that some would rather keep hidden. If you are interested in learning about secrets or little-publicized events and motivations, check out 'The Memory Hole'at www.thememoryhole.org."
--Billings Gazette (Montana) [read it]

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New York Times (front page) [read it]
USA Today [read it]
Houston Chronicle [read it]
Ventura County Star (CA) [read it at bottom of page]
Utne Reader's "Web Watch" [read it]
Village Voice [read it at bottom of page]
London Guardian's "Web Watch" [read it]

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