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    Mitt's 'trees'

    MAY 23, 2012 3:54PM

    By politicalair


    Topics: political ads, spin, ak, home, trees, vp, stupid, mi, dnc, obama, politics, election, gop, romney, mitt

    • 5 Ratings
    • 512 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    "SOPHOMORIC RHETORIC SPIN ON OBAMA"!

    FEBRUARY 6, 2012 11:48AM

    By Marilyn Sands


    Topics: comedy, politics, gossip, news, spin, rhetoric, satire, tongue in cheek, republicans, barack obama, what they really mean

    • 0 Ratings
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    What Is Truth And Other Discontents...

    SEPTEMBER 18, 2011 2:59AM

    By Schopenhorror


    Topics: crime, spin

    • 2 Ratings
    • 794 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Breaking News: The Sue Ann Nivens Scandal

    JUNE 18, 2011 10:37PM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: video, television, open+call, news, gossip, important new questions, john ensign, mary tyler moore show, fiction, comedy, business, the way the rascals were, long-remembered scandals, streisand memories, gennifer flowers, paula jones, monica lewinsky, elvis of politics, bill clinton+elvis, larry craig, mark foley, john edwards, william jefferson, lewis libby, jim mcgreehey, jack abramoff, tom delay, charles rangel, elliot spitzer, imf, strauss-kahn, bernie madoff, jeff skilling, ken lay, ted haggard, jimmy swaggart, jim bakker, o.j. simpson, pete rose, barry bonds, tiger woods, newt gingrich, andy dick, michael jackson, pamela anderson, tommy lee, jr., robert downey, jr., george michael, hugh grant, winona ryder, mel gibson, britney spears, paris hilton, arnold schwarzenegger, lindsay lohan, charlie sheen, wal-mart, twitter, anthony weiner, social amnesia, saturation+boredom, moral hysteria, moral panic, spin, amplification, secular media, rick perry, texas governor, entertainment tonight, fox news, political marketplace, moral panic, major scandal, scandal, ue ann nivens, david vitters, the wave machine, waves of scandal, open call, daniel rigney, danagram, betty white

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    Taking The Internet At Face Value...

    APRIL 21, 2011 9:10PM

    By Sprawl_N_Brawl


    Topics: truth, spin, propaganda, objectivity, media

    • 10 Ratings
    • 1044 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    Republicans Losing the Battle of the Bloviators on Taxes

    DECEMBER 6, 2010 10:11AM

    By Gwool


    Topics: tax cuts, economy, business, rhetoric, spin

    • 30 Ratings
    • 1945 Views
    • 57 Comments
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    The Entitlement Class

    DECEMBER 4, 2010 1:25PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, taxation, tax cuts, tax breaks, tax hikes, spin, propaganda, entitlement class, white collar crime, bankruptcy, truthiness, gut, hire, hiring, unemployed, unemployment, unemployment rate, voodoo economics, bush 41, george h w bush, joe barton, dave camp, temporary, permanent, extend, extension, job creators

    • 10 Ratings
    • 727 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    Obama Needs to Fish or Cut Bait

    NOVEMBER 19, 2010 10:05AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: barack obama, obama, stepping aside, step aside, stepping down, step down, 2012, 2008, re-election, reelection, role model, role, spin, vision, picture, terminology, imagery, metaphor, duty honor country, country, honor, duty, fighting for their political lives, fighting for her political life, fighting for his political life, fighting for their lives, fighting for her life, fighting for his life, fighting, sacrifice, war, philosophy, politics

    • 19 Ratings
    • 559 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Fighting for their Political Lives

    NOVEMBER 18, 2010 7:55AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, philosophy, war, sacrifice, fighting, fighting for his life, fighting for her life, fighting for their lives, fighting for his political life, fighting for her political life, fighting for their political lives, duty, honor, country, duty honor country, metaphor, imagery, terminology, picture, vision, spin, role, role model

    • 9 Ratings
    • 572 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Unchallenged Bias and Propaganda

    NOVEMBER 16, 2010 11:24AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: reporter, reporting, journalism, journalist, media, fact, opinion, mindless, clueless, proxy, bot, avatar, factchecking, fact-checking, fact checking, outsourced, filibuster, bush tax cuts, obama, bush, republican, regular price, sale price, sale, raising taxes, expire, expiring, tax breaks, tax cuts, reconciliation, proper use of language, use of language, fair reporting, neutral reporting, objective reporting, reporting, objective, objectivity, terminology, linguistics, spin, politics, propaganda, bias, liberal, conservative, republican, democrat, democratic

    • 8 Ratings
    • 635 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Three Half Truths in Midterm Campaign Rhetoric

    SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 8:57AM

    By Gwool


    Topics: reporting the midterms, voter anger, spin, deficit, taxation, economy, republicans, democrats

    • 2 Ratings
    • 317 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    10 Things I “Know” I Think

    JULY 30, 2010 11:37AM

    By Coolhand Jones


    Topics: film, music, tv, books, web, comix, podcasts, video games, commercials, magazines, food, booze, pop culture, popular culture, movies, flicks, snl, mr. bill, john belushi, the blues brothers, a night at the roxbury, kentucky fried movie, kristen stewart, cherie curie, joan jett, lita ford, micki steele, the bangles, walk like an egyptian, rodney bingenheimer, mayor of the sunset strip, the ramones, the clash, van halen, the go-go’s, nirvana, no doubt, coldplay, kroq, entourage, susan sarandon, spin, chelsea lately, justin timberlake, yogi bear, boo boo, dan akroyd, bill murray, garfield, blue moon, smokey the bear, double rainbow, thor, marvel, captain marvel, shazam, kenneth branagh, natalie portman, anthony hopkins, shakespeare, the avengers, mad men, don draper, jon hamm, matthew weiner, ad age, american pie, jim downey, greg daniels, the office, al franken, tom davis, robert smigel, triumph the insult comic dog, conan o’brien, rebel rouser, duane eddy, have twangy guitar will travel, beck, loser, sophia bush, urban outfitters, cw, one tree hill, sleigh bells, jack white, pitchfork festival, the runaways

    • 13 Ratings
    • 766 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Sheila Williams Spins and Shows How to Trash Any Integrity

    JUNE 21, 2010 12:30PM

    By Catherine Forsythe


    Topics: bp, oil spill, tony hayward, english words, spokesperson, spin

    • 0 Ratings
    • 214 Views
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    Medical Research Studies & “Spin”

    MAY 30, 2010 2:58PM

    By doctorwascher


    Topics: statistics, exaggeration, spin, results, data, research

    • 35 Ratings
    • 917 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    still i lie

    MAY 14, 2010 11:14AM

    By Greg Correll


    Topics: poem, dizzy, dusk, girls, boys, spin, 1963, kansas, memory, freeze tag

    • 8 Ratings
    • 545 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Rielle Hunter Resurfaces in Interview with Oprah

    APRIL 29, 2010 2:10PM

    By Catherine Forsythe


    Topics: oprah winfrey, rielle hunter, john edwards, scandal, spin, television show, audience, issues

    • 0 Ratings
    • 152 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Spin

    FEBRUARY 3, 2010 3:58AM

    By Pat Mencke


    Topics: politics, state of the union, memory, history, spin, jon kyl

    • 36 Ratings
    • 1443 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Death and Taxes

    JANUARY 29, 2010 12:12PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, death, death and taxes, spin, spin control, estate tax, obfuscation, fire with fire

    • 1 Ratings
    • 852 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    "You Can't Hide the Truth"

    JANUARY 16, 2010 5:40PM

    By Dave Scriven


    Topics: belief/religion, jesus, bible, god, truth, denial, spin

    • 0 Ratings
    • 303 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Is Anybody Else Getting Dizzy?

    DECEMBER 8, 2009 10:51AM

    By skylers8


    Topics: death, cynicism, rhetoric, spin, political, politics, open call, speech, voting, america, body bags, dead, military, troops, obama

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