spin control

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Definition of spin control

: the act or practice of attempting to manipulate the way an event is interpreted by others political spin control

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When the defective part was recalled, the company had to do some clever spin control.

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Zuckerberg performs spin control Two major storm clouds currently hover over Facebook: first, the rise of fake news; and second, information that was collected by Facebook and provided to third parties. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "How Zuckerberg will prevent future Cambridge Analytica scandals at Facebook: Rein in third-party apps," 4 Apr. 2018 Doing spin control for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos? — Chad Pergram, Fox News, "Pennsylvania election another reminder that winning - and not being close - is what matters," 15 Mar. 2018

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The first known use of spin control was in 1984

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spin control

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English Language Learners Definition of spin control

: the activity of trying to control the way something (such as an important event) is described to the public in order to influence what people think about it

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