US ELECTIONS, SPIN DOCTORS AND THE MEDIA

Posted on October 3, 2008. Filed under: Current Events, Media Studies, Socio-Political | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

The spinmeisters must be earning so much money by helping the campaigns in US presidential elections. How these masters at double-entendres or double-talk, half-truths and pure fabrications can stomach what they do is beyond me. It is simply unethical, to say the least.

Worse, how could people, especially media people, propagate the yarns of these spinmeisters, [...]

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POST OBAMA – McCAIN DEBATE : POLLS, SPIN and AGENDA – SETTING

Posted on October 1, 2008. Filed under: Current Events, Media Studies, Socio-Political | Tags: , , , , |

Once upon a time, when two individuals engage in a debate, the viewers or audience can immediately judge the winner or loser. But with today’s technology, the loser can still emerge as the winner.

Any intelligent and objective spectator could easily determine that Obama gave the much stronger arguments during the debate.

But nowadays, the debaters’ spinmeisters [...]

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