Meaning of spin doctor | Babel Free

Definitions

A person employed to gloss over a poor public image (or present it in a better light) in business and politics, especially after unfavourable results have been achieved. A lobbyist; PR person.

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Examples

“Many believed that the reduction in public spending was a disaster but the spin⟳ doctors presented it as a triumph for lower taxation.”

“A dozen men in good suits and women in silk dresses will circulate smoothly among the reporters, spouting confident opinions. They won't be just press⟳ agents trying to impart a favorable spin⟳ to a routine release⟳. They'll be the Spin⟳ Doctors, senior advisers to the candidates, and they'll be playing for very high stakes.”

“Now that the cold war has ended and political ideologies have⟳ been replaced by pollsters and spin⟳ doctors, Machiavelli's cleareyed assessments of power dynamics and pragmatic advantage are suddenly in vogue.”

“William Hague, shadow foreign secretary, said the Williams document was "further evidence that spin⟳ doctors, not intelligence analysts, were leading from the first in deciding what the British people were told about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction".”

“Lord Steel, the former Liberal leader, has launched a despairing attack on the prevalence of spin⟳ doctors in politics, noting that he is given "daily outpourings of tweets to circulate" and bombarded by email with "lines to take⟳" on current issues.”

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