Spin Doctor

Peatle, I love and share your healthy cynicism about the "truthfulness" of what we hear on the airwaves. Generally speaking, I've come to believe that if the presenter has something to gain from his/her version of things, it's almost sure to be twisted out of shape. I often ask myself, "Who are they trying convince? Me? Or themselves?"

Terrific poem / song ... doesn't matter ... the message is bang on (as we say here in Nova Scotia).     

Cheers TF and Eb for your comments I think  schools should teach kids a healthy cynicism and a need to  not believe all they hear.
Exaggeration in the mass media seems to be common. False or inaccurate information, especially that which is deliberately intended to deceive.seems to me to be prevelant and not only spread by the media but also political parties worldwide. Political marketing is now a fundamental part of political life. Presidents and Prime Ministers; politicians and parties; government departments and councils all use marketing in their pursuit of political goals. As it takes experience and training to "spin" an issue, spinning is typically a service provided by paid media advisors and media consultants.  Many of the largest and most powerful companies have in-house employees and sophisticated units with expertise in spinning issues.  Spin approaches used by many political teams include "burying" potentially negative new information by releasing it at the end of the workday on the last day before a long weekend; selectively cherry picking quotes from previous speeches made by an opposing politician to give the impression that they advocate a certain position; and purposely leaking misinformation about an opposing politician or candidate that casts them in a negative light.

Thank you  Richard .for your kind comment and taking time to have a listen and watch of my video.
Cheers
Pete     

Cheers and thank you Phill, I am glad my video entertained.  My answer to your North Korea question is I am grateful I don’t live in North Korea, Kim Jong-un  and his family have made that place a living hell. Fortunately countries like yours and mine have freedom of speech.  When I think about that Saudi Arabian,  Jamal Khashoggi who was killed inside his countries consulate in Istanbul it makes me realise just to be a journalist  in some parts of the world is a dangerous occupation.  Many times  I think  about the many other countries where  expressing your opinions can cause death or punishment for you and your family members. Even though the United Nations has a  Universal Declaration of Human Rights it means nothing in many countries around the world.     

Cheers Phill I enjoy reading  your comments. I agree with you for the many an every day person who has forced their  way out from being part of the working poor, there are those who would  like to put us back in our box if they could get away with it.
Our forefathers who faught and died for the rights and liberties we now enjoy,I think would be amused by the wave of modern political correctness,
I worked in print for 45 years on and of.  At the end of my career I noticed that political correctness crusaders were banning all sorts of words from the many University publication we use to print. I also noticed the government no longer mentioned job losses it became job restructuring. Academics were getting local  councils not to  use words like manhole covers and God forbid mentioning the poor they were now the economically marginalised. Oops I mentioned God. Yet entertainers, broadcasters and academics have become very comfortable using F*** bombs which to me lowers the standed of expression rather than raising it. I use to have an office lady who refused to call Maree my wife insisting on calling her my partner. The control of language to me  is a way of establishing a  totalitarian society.

Yeah Canada seem to be going down this PC  road in a big way.
Fisher Folk  instead of fisherman
Snow folk   instead of Snowman
It`s starting to get that way in NZ,only a matter of time before
Father Christmas is a black lesbian woman!     

Naughty Boy Phill!! Whoops  naughty person Phill

Cheers Jandle I am pleased my video wasn't boring. Thank you for taking time  to watch it and also make a comment. With Christmas coming up easybeat might be able to write us a gender neutral Christmas  person song.  I am sure EB will use proper gender neutral words  so we can normalize the idea that anyone can perform a  job, requiring a license to deliver childrens Christmas presents  with Reindeer  regardless of their gender identity.