http://themoderatevoice.com/10524/the-art-of-the-spin/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://themoderatevoice.com/10524/the-art-of-the-spin/comment-page-1/#comment-47442 Jason Shapiro Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:11:12 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/the-art-of-the-spin/#comment-47442 I don't know if "spinning" is increasing or if the speed and pervasiveness of instant electronic media make it seem so. The art of political spinning has existed as long as there have been professional politicians. If you look at translations of the early Maya glyphs, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Mesopotamian inscriptions and compare them with additional information that archaeologists have been able to discern about past events, you will find discrepancies. What the kings wrote about themselves is always an accurate depiction of the events that are described. More than anything else politicians need to maintain their legitimacy; that hasn't changed much in several thousand years. I don’t know if “spinning” is increasing or if the speed and pervasiveness of instant electronic media make it seem so. The art of political spinning has existed as long as there have been professional politicians. If you look at translations of the early Maya glyphs, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Mesopotamian inscriptions and compare them with additional information that archaeologists have been able to discern about past events, you will find discrepancies. What the kings wrote about themselves is always an accurate depiction of the events that are described. More than anything else politicians need to maintain their legitimacy; that hasn’t changed much in several thousand years.

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