Word: spins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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TODAY, the political "spin doctors" begin their most delicate operation of the year--trying to determine the "big picture" of the 1988 presidential election. They will likely lay the foundation for a new "Conventional Wisdom" which will say that Gov. Michael S. Dukakis lost because he was a liberal...
That label-pinning is a function of the instant analysis afforded by TV coverage, Reese notes. "It's part of the spin, the angle," he says...
Rock star Jon Bon Jovi grins impishly on the cover of the November Spin, but he was scarcely noticed when the music magazine came out last week. All the attention focused on a novel promotion -- a free condom attached to an inside page. It was meant to encourage safe sex, Spin said, but some retailers flinched...
...inspired the genre's most futuristic home game. A new device from Mattel enables viewers to play along with the nightly syndicated show. The unit, when aimed at the TV set, picks up an encoded signal that activates a miniature computer. For each word puzzle, the player can "spin" a wheel to accumulate prize money, choose letters and try to guess the hidden phrase. The TV players' guesses also show up automatically on the home unit...
TELEVISION'S role in this year's election has been much discussed. The significance of "sound bites" and "spin doctors" has equalled concerns over the deficit or defense or health care. Last week's fuss over the NBC mini-series Favorite Son pointed up the campaign's love/hate tempest with the pervasive boob tube. Now, it seems, politics is in dialogue not only with the network news shows but with primetime soap operas as well...