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spin doctor

–noun
Slang. a press agent skilled at spin control.

Origin:
1985–1990
spin doctor  
n.   Slang
A person who publicizes favorable interpretations of the words and actions of a public figure, especially a politican.

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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