spin doctor
noun
: a person (such as a political aide) responsible for ensuring that others interpret an event from a particular point of view
Examples of spin doctor in a Sentence
The spin doctors from both sides were already declaring victory for their candidates as soon as the debate ended.
Recent Examples on the Web
Six months after Warner Bros. Discovery’s chief communications officer and Murdoch alum Nathaniel Brown’s surprise departure from the company, David Zaslav is close to naming a chief spin doctor following a desperate high-level search for Brown’s replacement, Hot Source has learned.
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Lachlan Cartwright, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2024
Tom Baldwin is a former journalist who worked for five years as a Labour spin doctor; he was originally recruited to ghostwrite Starmer's own memoir, but Starmer backed out of the project last year, agreeing instead to cooperate on this biography.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 6 June 2024
When President Biden proposed an additional $24 billion in supplemental funding for Ukraine in August, Moscow spin doctors working for the Kremlin were ready to try to undermine public support for the bill, internal Kremlin documents show.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
In Spears’s time, managers operated variously as cult leaders or spin doctors, issuing editorials about their clients as opposed to repairing their bicycles.
—Andrew O’Hagan, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
For the Russian president, silencing him once and for all makes perfect sense, even if the Kremlin’s spin doctors try to deny it.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2024
Vadim Baranov, fictional Putin adviser, rose to great heights as the Kremlin’s spin doctor before resigning.
—New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
Tinger could have gone full spin doctor.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2021
The Kremlin spokesman and top Putin spin doctor could now have another tough story to sell to his countrymen: namely why his very own son may have refused the call to duty despite being a prime candidate.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2022
Lachlan Cartwright, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2024
Tom Baldwin is a former journalist who worked for five years as a Labour spin doctor; he was originally recruited to ghostwrite Starmer's own memoir, but Starmer backed out of the project last year, agreeing instead to cooperate on this biography.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 6 June 2024
When President Biden proposed an additional $24 billion in supplemental funding for Ukraine in August, Moscow spin doctors working for the Kremlin were ready to try to undermine public support for the bill, internal Kremlin documents show.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
In Spears’s time, managers operated variously as cult leaders or spin doctors, issuing editorials about their clients as opposed to repairing their bicycles.
—Andrew O’Hagan, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
For the Russian president, silencing him once and for all makes perfect sense, even if the Kremlin’s spin doctors try to deny it.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2024
Vadim Baranov, fictional Putin adviser, rose to great heights as the Kremlin’s spin doctor before resigning.
—New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
Tinger could have gone full spin doctor.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2021
The Kremlin spokesman and top Putin spin doctor could now have another tough story to sell to his countrymen: namely why his very own son may have refused the call to duty despite being a prime candidate.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2022
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“Spin doctor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spin%20doctor. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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