2006-07-26 21:50:30 · 8 answers · asked by stilettos 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
A person who works in public relations, usually for a political party who spins news stories round for the benefit of that party.
2006-07-26 22:01:45 · answer #1 · answered by lilneo0082 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A doctor who specialises is helping people that can't help spinning around on their heals all day long.
It's a serious disease that afflicts 1 in 1,000,000 people. Those affected are known to spin like a bottle top for up to 2 minutes as they go about their normal routine.
Dairy companies have approached some of the sufferers offering them jobs after realising that if they hold a small container of milk while they're spinning, the result is double cream!
2006-07-27 05:36:58 · answer #2 · answered by wildgroovymunky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
O'Riley
In public relations, spin is a usually pejorative term signifying a heavily biased portrayal in one's own favor of an event or situation. While traditional public relations may also rely on creative presentation of the facts, "spin" often, though not always, implies disingenuous, deceptive and/or highly manipulative tactics. Politicians are often accused of spin by their political opponents.
The term is borrowed from ball sports such as cricket, where a spin bowler may impart spin on the ball during a delivery so that it will curve through the air or bounce in an advantageous manner.
Because of the frequent association between "spin" and press conferences (especially government press conferences), the room in which these take place is sometimes described as a spin room. A group of people who develop spin may be referred to as "spin doctors" who engage in "spin doctoring" for the person or group that hired them.
2006-07-27 04:53:49 · answer #3 · answered by Bear Naked 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A spin doctor is someone who takes a bad event, like perjury, and puts a different outlook, or 'spin,' on the event to make it appear not so bad or even positive.
2006-07-27 04:55:01 · answer #4 · answered by Lonnie P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A spin doctor is someone (probably paid) who makes a story sound better or different based on how it's worded. For example, two ways of saying the same thing.
Israeli troops invaded gaza and shot four armed homeowners.
israeli defense forces were ambushed in gaza and killed four militants in self defense.
2006-07-27 04:56:28 · answer #5 · answered by 006 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone who is employed to put a positive spin to a maybe not so positive story or incident or news piece.
A PR person in brief.
2006-07-27 04:56:46 · answer #6 · answered by atlantisflicka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a commentator who publicly goes and defends the position of their political party, candidate, country, movement etc etc. What they do is they try to "spin" the facts in a way thats favorable to whatever they represent.
2006-07-27 04:55:22 · answer #7 · answered by Benjamin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone who helps a person going through some sort of negative situation turn it around or diffuse it, make it seem less than it is.
2006-07-27 04:54:45 · answer #8 · answered by Jackal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋