Spin Detective Gifts

Tony Blair and Blairwash.

Office of the PR of the United States

Sen. Krupt. I don't tell constituents that we're fueling inflation. I say we're protecting consumers and thanks to us they won't have to worry about buying any cheap stuff.

"Excellent, excellent. A fine blend of truths, half-truths, and blatant falsehoods."

"...And do you Sean Spicer take Kelly Anne Conway..." "The marriage of alternative facts"

'Fred, I want you to sanitize this, punch it up, dumb it down, leak it to the media and then be fully prepared to deny it!'

Danae's Career Plans: 'The major product manufactured today is punditry, so I'm honing my argumentative skills to work my way to the top of the blow hard industry..my goal is to become a spin ninja...'

Library - Political Science section - 'What to do until the spin doctor comes'

'Which sounds better: 'now with MORE XZ100' or 'now with LESS XZ100'?'

Public Relations: Reputations cleaned and repaired

CONGRESS, 'No, no, you don't HAVE to fool all of the people all of the time - you just need to CONFUSE them!'

"What's important is that we learn from what we must never admit happened."

'That's the new guy. He writes our 'shuck-and-jive' press releases.'

The lunar landing of Appollo 11 is shown as a hoax filmed in a studio.

"I'm not spinning - I'm contextualizing."

"We're looking for the kind of bad taste that will grab - but not appall."

'It has been revealed that a senior politician will criticise something in a speech. Later they will criticise the opposite of something, just in case.'

'It's getting harder to tell when the news stops and the spin begins.'

Un-Truth

Chinese History: Redwash

A boy and his spin patrol.

The Truth

Who Are You Going to Believe, Us Or Your Lying Eyes and Ears?

"Are these 'raw' facts or 'spun' facts?"

"There sits the unvarnished truth. Now, how shall we interpret it to our advantage?"

'Your job, Richards, is to make sure that my name never appears in a headline alongside the word 'siphoned.''

"Looks like he's coming around to our way of thinking."

"Prospectus in not spelt P...R...O...A...G...A...N...D...A."

'Sir, what comes first ??" the buzz or the spin?'

"I work in PR where I provide a dynamic and highly effective bespoke service that can work for you and blah blah blah ..."

Spinochio

"And that's the way we want you to think it is."

"Your job will be to make these results look Stellar."

"I just spoon-fed the media a pound of really old salmon."

"I didn't know you could get a PhD in Spin."