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Spin This!: All the Ways We Don't Tell the Truth

Spin This!: All the Ways We Don't Tell the Truth

Press, Bill
Maher, Bill

Paperback

General Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0743442687
ISBN13: 9780743442688
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: Nov 1 2002
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.36 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
Spin -- intentional manipulation of the truth -- is everywhere. It's in the White House, in the courtrooms, in headlines and advertising slogans. Even couples on dates -- not to mention book blurbs -- are guilty of spin. Here, colorful news analyst Bill Press freeze-frames the culture of spin to investigate what exactly spin is, who does it and why, and its impact on American society. Using examples drawn from recent history -- the Clinton presidency, the Florida recount, and the Bush White House -- Press first probes spin's favorite haunt: politics. He then surveys incarnations of spin in journalism, law, and advertising, and chews on the spin of sex and dating, a word that has become the very embodiment of spin. Perhaps surprisingly, however, Press argues that spin isn't all bad, and that without it the harsh truths of our times might be unbearable.

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