Word: spinnings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA Eugene O'Neill's spin on the Greek myth turns up at the Lyric Opera of Chicago...
...when the issue surfaced in January. But better to be embarrassed and truthful than embarrassed and so obviously dishonest. We can count the days of the investigation in weeks and months; we can't, unfortunately, count the hours spent with Lewinsky herself and then with lawyers and aides on spin control. I'm not sure I want to know...
...send to the House simultaneously with its transmission," Kendall wrote Starr on Monday. In other words, Clinton wants to steel himself against possible impeachment charges and claims a right to read Starr's report a week in advance -- plenty of time for the White House to offer its own spin...
Often these days, the spin is the story. This is especially true of an episode like Monicagate, in which the story's importance must be indicated by vast quantities of reportage even though most days almost nothing has actually happened. There have been big headlines in recent weeks about prospective spin, about alternative spins, even about rejected spin. The premise--that political actors may choose freely among different versions of reality--is so ingrained that it isn't even questioned...
...institutionalization of spin is one reason some journalists have qualms about government officials' passing through the revolving door into our profession. These qualms are too hoity-toity. Journalism should be a game anyone is allowed to play. But when folks show up claiming to be reformed spinners, they ought to confess their own past spins before they start denouncing others'. Let the person without spin cast the first stone...