spin doctor
Slang. a press agent skilled at spin control.
Origin of spin doctor
1- Also called spinmeister .
Words Nearby spin doctor
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How to use spin doctor in a sentence
A spin doctor with ties to Russia allegedly fed the Steele dossier before fighting to discredit itDanchenko’s first assignment for Steele was an investment-related risk assessment based on openly available sources.
Steele dossier sources, methods face new scrutiny after indictment of key figure | Michael Kranish, Isaac Stanley-Becker | November 23, 2021 | Washington PostDemocratic governments elsewhere seek validation from the media, and their spin doctors toil for favorable headlines.
It Isn't Just Modi. India’s Compliant Media Must Also Take Responsibility for the COVID-19 Crisis | Debasish Roy Chowdhury | May 3, 2021 | TimeA think tank headed by Gleb Pavlovsky, a pro-Kremlin spin doctor, launched the Internet newspaper Lenta.ru about the same time.
With Last Media Critics Blocked, Putin Silences the Russia Press | Andrei Soldatov | March 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs the shelling raged, Capt. Ammar al-Wawi, the rebel commander and spin doctor, was holding court in a Turkish luxury hotel.
Spinmeister Ammar al-Wawi Peddles Upbeat Message of Syrian Rebellion | Mike Giglio | July 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTOf course, Awlaki is a spin doctor and a propagandist, so we should read his rantings with some skepticism.
And if he was experiencing emotional tumult in 2009, no high-profile spin-doctor or rehab vacation was apparently necessary.
British Dictionary definitions for 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
Origin of spin doctor
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with spin doctor
An individual charged with getting others to interpret a statement or event from a particular viewpoint, as in Charlie is the governor's spin doctor. This term, born about 1980 along with spin control, uses doctor in the colloquial sense of “one who repairs something.”
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