How to Spin the Truth

Whenever someone holding a public office spins the truth you can be guaranteed is it politically motivated. Spinning the truth is an art form of deception. Deception is often difficult to recognize unless you have the access to the same information that is spun for the benefit of downplaying the incident or subtly put it into a new perspective to suit selfish needs.

A blatant spin is designed to discredit an opponent or a viewpoint on an important matter. When a story or incident is spun, it accumulates ‘facts’ that are fabricated for a reason or to hide other facts that discredit another perspective given by someone else. Spinning does not follow the following rule “the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.”

Spinning may be done with politically correct wording, the use of inflammatory terms or derogatory in nature. Spinning words of the truth can be done in questions or statements. It can be facilitated to be used in either method. There is no attempt to tell the truth or correlate any facts to recognize a factual reality or attempt to make it so.

The sad news is that spinning the truth is an acceptable practice and has become the way press releases and other events are presented to the public as it normally fulfills their desire to know what happened but not the actual facts of the incident or event.

Apathy is the spinner’s best friend as it leaves nothing else to be questioned and gives an account that satisfies most and reduces the collateral damage of what could be a painful outcome. Pushing the truth into the shadows and the promotion of deception is common. It have become an acceptable way to lie to the people. It does not contain any truth and its true meaning as all have been altered to change the spotlight on the subject or matter discussed.

 

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