Best bit of spin you've ever heard

tech77

Just listened to a HR director from the HSE there on the Eamon Keane show defending the recent cuts in the health service, doing his best not to call them "cuts".

Listening to him got me thinking.
What's the best bit of brass-neck spinning bull$hit you've ever witnessed?

And did you admire or merely feel contempt for the person selling it.

Motley Crue

I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss L

javaboy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-bSKsVDr_M

Insect Overlord

American presidents FTW

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Motley Crue wrote:

I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss L

Wow, we thought of the same thing. At the same time. Nice :cool:

banquo

MR Burns: Oh, nuclear meltdown, that's just a buzz word hyped by the media. We prefer to call it an ''unrequested fission surplus''

The rhetorical term for this is 'syncrisis' IIR. As in redefining something to sound better.

''We're not arguing, this is advanced agreement

And so forth.

Dartz

The Lisbon treaty.

The Government promoting it with 'Trust Us'. Which was a load of bull****.

Everyone else slatting with "Why trust that lot? And more FUD than a dyslexic spelling bee in McDonalds" Which was also a load of bull****.

So I voted 'No'. If in doubt, always vote against. You wouldnt sign a contract you didnt understand.

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But anyway, all that still pales compared to "I'm living way beyond your means".

Puddleduck

Spin makes baby Jesus cry.

Professey Chin

Puddleduck wrote: »

Spin makes baby Jesus cry.

And it makes adult Jesus spin on the cross

banquo

I love how this thread coincides perfectly with the British Budget.

Mr.Lizard

Motley Crue wrote: »

I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss L

Don't forget Ol' Bills other one about "I didn't inhale".

This sort of BS must have been a way of life for him I guess.

biko

The money was only resting in my account.

Iraq has WMDs.

me-skywalker

Bom chicka wah wah!!

ScumLord

"We're not there yet, but we're getting there" FF

Me hole!

faceman

It has to be Comical Ali

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdIsBfBumXk

Puddleduck

ScumLord wrote: »

"We're not there yet, but we're getting there" FF

Me hole!

Thats not quite a lie, they could have been on the way to hell..they definatly are there now

Mr. Incognito

Could you live with the shame........


Of not having a TV licence? Hell yes, can you live with the shame of your programming?

Terry

War on terror.

The_Minister

My favorite is Pat Rabbitte on Questions and Answers, trying to disagree with Michael McDowell's "inequality is necessary" comment.
He said that he disagreed with it, then gave a little speech in which, if you actually listened to what he said, he agreed with it.
One of the most impressive bits of spin I ever heard.

Dartz wrote: »

So I voted 'No'. If in doubt, always vote against. You wouldnt sign a contract you didnt understand.

Or you could have bothered your hole to do some research.

My name is URL

The 50 Cent Army is some serious spin doctrine, and I don't mean the rapper

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Dublin Bus "Chaging with the City" - pity they never mentioned that the city in question was Calcutta.

I also detest the phrase "sexed-up dossier". They couldn't just call it beefed-up, sensationalised, or even just plain exaggerated; they had to slip to the lowest common denominator and even the politicians followed suit.

banquo

Chemical Ali wins the thread.

jonsnow

In the last few days I certainly saw one of the most blatant pieces of spin I have ever seen.Cowen claiming that Irish Nationwide is of "systemic importance".His contempt for the Irish people is bottomless as someone said on that thread.

wasper

Before the banks crisis, if we didn't vote for Lisbon, Ireland will be in trouble After the crisis, when Ireland went all alone against Europe & guaranteed the Banks, a new spin, if we don't vote for Lisbon our economy will suffer & lag behind Europe.

dublinario

I once saw the Titanic described as an IDS (Iceberg Detection System). Similarly, some quarters labelled The Hindenburg Disaster a "non-scheduled inferno discharge".

ahara

Comical Ali has to be the clear winner.

Bertie Ahern claiming to be the last socialist was a bit risky, he could have been targeted by a group of imaginary Bolivian assassains.

smokingman

"Peace in our time"

<waves paper>

nevey

Can someone explain why nobody is bothered that the government spends millions on PR every year.

The way I see things is like this:

A private company wants to improve its profits but doing so will result in the knocking down of an old-folks home. Cue the PR people who will manage to put a positive spin on the matter - wasn't this a terrible location for the old folks home in the first place. They public buys it, outcry is muted, profits increase and shareholders are happy. The public are conned by the PR folks, but at least they are not paying their wages.

However when it comes to public and civil services using PR techniques it is completely different. Not only are we being duped into believing the bull****, we are paying the salaries and bonuses of the PR people who are spinning it for us.

In the early days of the recession I remember the two Brians both talking about "three thousand million" euro deficits (weren't those the good old days!!) rather than "three BILLION". I guess it sounds like less that way.

RATM

A Palestinian family who were bombed to death whilst having a picnic on a beach= "Collateral Damage" for the Israelis. Sick.

BaconZombie

The police/Garda are there to protect & serve the people.

prinz

Comical Ali, putting everyone since 1933 to shame.

deadhead13

Bertie's extraordinary good fortune on the horses.

Acacia

Terry wrote: »

War on terror.

Or, the War on Terror against... the Axis of Evil! (dun, dun, dun)

Oh noes! Evil! Terror! WMD's! :eek:

thelordofcheese

The_Minister wrote: »

Or you could have bothered your hole to do some research.

Don't be silly, the gubberment is treating us like idiots by asking us to vote Yes, so we'll ignore the issue and vote no!

Who's the idiot now? *folds arms and looks smug*

Ann22

Clarence Mitchell and his pr machine that has portrayed Gerry and Kate McCann as saints. Many may disagree.

amacachi

The MMR vaccine causes Autism.