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spin doctor

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spin doctor
Informal a person who provides a favourable slant to an item of news, potentially unpopular policy, etc., esp on behalf of a political personality or party


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His 1997 movie, ``Wag the Dog,'' about a spin doctor who distracts the electorate from a presidential sex scandal by hiring a Hollywood producer to stage a fake war, got a lot of play on editorial pages when Bill Clinton's sex scandal hit a month after the film's release.
The Spin Doctors are requesting that their extreme efforts be recognized with a donation to the Neurology Endowment Fund on their behalf.
I don't especially dispute the spin doctor claim that Melbourne-based international practice Denton Corker Marshall is 'one of the world's most successful firm of architects' or the fact that it has a new website designed by local graphics people emeryfrost and website designers David Trewern Design (http://www.
 
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