Spin is a word in vogue these days. O'Reilly uses it and it is seen in magazines increasingly. It seems to me to mean lies, nonsense and a lot of other things depnding upon the context. Your opinion?
2006-10-16 09:52:51 · 7 answers · asked by syrious 5 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
funny, you just put a spin on "spin". ironically, it is o'reilly's style of spin.
Spin
In public relations, spin is a usually pejorative term signifying a heavily biased portrayal in one's own favor of an event or situation
...not just saying that something is nonesense
2006-10-16 14:04:42 · answer #1 · answered by orangeontherocks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spin is when you say something in answer to a question that does not really answer the question. This is done when the "answerer" does not want to answer the question, but does not want to say so. Spin is prevented in court trials by the attorney asking the Judge to direct the witness to "answer the question". If they don't, they can be held in contempt. O'reilly doesn't have that advantage, so all he can do is show the audience that the guest is B.S.ing them, or "spinning".
2006-10-16 11:45:17 · answer #2 · answered by Pete 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Spin in the cases you are using are distortions meant to get the subject listening to the spin on the same side as the spinner
2006-10-16 09:55:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The media tends to put their own "twist" or version of a story - their "spin on things"
2006-10-16 10:00:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're making me dizzy, my head is spinning, like a whirl pool it never ends. Dizzy.
2006-10-16 09:57:52 · answer #5 · answered by Answergirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bullsh*t...
2006-10-16 11:35:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
slant
2006-10-16 09:54:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋