Spin Skeptic Gifts

Information manipulation

"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...'

Public Relations: Reputations cleaned and repaired

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

'What he said about judgement day is scary. Maybe we should find a good lawyer.'

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."

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

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

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

'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.'

'Do I have to give thanks for all the spinach, or just the bite I'm going to eat?'

The Truth

Chinese History: Redwash

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

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

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

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

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

"Here are today's political campaign numbers: spin is up 10%, truth is down 5%, flip flops up 20%..."

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

Office of the PR of the United States

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

"We specialize in corporate slogans, business brochures and annual reports to shareholders..."

"I always forget. Is this the day we spin ahead one hour?"

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

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

In a career limiting move, Reginald decided to give Albert's latest theory some frank and fearless feedback.

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

"Three years running 'fake news' websites? You're just what we're looking for!"

'When I said I was going to resign my contract, I meant re-sign my contract for another five years!'