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Susan Sarandon Gives $75,000 To NYC Schools For Table Tennis Programs

AP | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: New York Impact, New York Public Schools, Ny News, Susan Sarandon, Table Tennis, Spin, Ping Pong, New York Education, New York News

NEW YORK — Susan Sarandon has donated $75,000 to support table tennis programs in New York City public schools. The city Department of Educatio...

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Review of Spin and Interview With Catherine McKenzie

Julie A. Carlson | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Book Reviews, Catherine Mckenzie, Spin, Spin Catherine Mckenzie, Book Review, Books News

Spin made my day. It's uproariously funny, charming, and filled with delightful twists and turns, and likable characters, often reminding me of Bridget Jones's Diary.

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Struggle Through Decades to Overturn Massacre Lies

David Tereshchuk | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Massacre, Spin, Northern Ireland, Bloody Sunday, Prime Minister David Cameron, Tony Blair, Inquiry, Media-Management, Martin McGuiness, Video, Media News

At 4.10 p.m. Sunday afternoon, exactly 40 years ago, I witnessed soldiers shooting innocent civilians dead, an atrocity that officialdom instantly lied about -- and provoked a four-decade struggle to get the truth finally established.

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The Rapture Make a Comeback, Play SPIN Headquarters

Taryn Haight | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Gabriel Andruzzi, Dance Music, In the Grace of Your Love, Luke Jenner, Vito Roccoforte, The Rapture, Concert Review, Dfa, Electronic Music, Spin, Live Music, Spin Magazine, Slidepollajax, Culture News

The Rapture are back and sounding exactly as I remember them -- a flawless rock/pop/dance melange, distinguished by their reliable drums, unmistakeable vocals and one hell of a steady cowbell.

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Friday Night, And the Cruising Is Easy

Melissa Berkelhammer | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Spin, Liev Schreiber, Nacho Figueras, Fat Radish, Fern Mallis, Alina Cho, Jonathan Bricklin, Lara Shriftman, Dom Perignon, Grey Goose, Verity Edmiston, Susan Sarandon, Dylan Lauren, Elizabeth Harrison, Nick Edmiston, New York News

After a traffic-filled drive out to the Hamptons, the proper way to unwind is crucial. For the lucky few, on a Friday evening, Nick and Verity Edmist...

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Spinning Hochul's Special Election Win

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Special Election, Death Panels, Scare Tactics, 26, ny26, Ryan Budget, Kathy Hochul, Gingrich, Pelosi, Voucher, Hochul, 2012 Election, Nancy Pelosi, Ryan, Spin, Reid, House, Budget, Congress, Newt Gingrich, Democrats, Steve Israel, Election, New York, Vote, Chris Weigant, Harry Reid, Medicare, Paul Ryan, Republicans, Senate, Healthcare, Politics News

It's hard to deny that Democrats are feeling good about yesterday's election victory up in Buffalo. There's a certain wind-in-our-sails feeling about the whole strategy of hammering Republicans on the Ryan plan to voucherize Medicare.

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Petraeus, McCain Continue Afghanistan War Spin, But No One Buys It (Nor Should They)

Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Insurgency, Petraeus, Rethink Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Propaganda, Taliban, Spin, Afghanistan, Congress, Mccain, Counterinsurgency, Brave New Foundation, World News

General Petraeus and McCain can try to spin the situation in Afghanistan all they want, but the fact is that their counterinsurgency gamble failed, and the American people want our troops out, pronto.

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Pentagon Assertions of "Progress" In Afghanistan Are a Bad Joke

Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Targeted Killings, Civilian Deaths, Gates, Petraeus, Pentagon, Coin, Propaganda, Obama, Troop Increase, Rethink Afghanistan, Robert Gates, Civilian Casualties, Escalation, Spin, Taliban, Insurgents, Afghanistan, Counterinsurgency, Politics News

The latest Petraeus/Gates media tour is under way in preparation for the general's testimony to Congress next week, and they're trotting out the same, tired spin they've been using since McChrystal was replaced in disgrace last year.

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Ovem Lupo Commitere

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spin, Private Military Security Contractors, Ipoa, Reframing, Business News

Private security military contractors, or at least their leading advocates, are gaining in political authority, successfully framing themselves not only as legitimate security actors but also as legitimate standard setters.

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'How Everybody Exists' Doesn't Have to Be

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lobbying, Lobbyists, Public Opinion, Democracy, Sicko, Health Insurance, Michael Moore, Corporate America, Corporations, Ethics, Public Relations, Health Care Reform, Wendell Potter, Spin, Universal Health Care, Apco Worldwide, Corporate Greed, Health Care, Business News

The surprising gem in an Inquirer piece was that APCO VP Bill Pierce agreed with me. He acknowledged that interest-funded pressure groups "are all over the place" in Washington. "That's how everybody exists here," Pierce said.

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Taking Walmart's PR Blitz With A Grain Of Salt

Anna Lappe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Organic Food, Pr, Wal-Mart, Spin, Sustainable, Food News

Making a big PR splash about improving the health qualities of its food is a smart tactic to deflect attention from the real impact of Walmart on the quality of life for Americans.

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Sen. Alexander R-Tennessee Eloquently Responds.

Mike Spicer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Candy Crowley, Arizona Shooting, Lamar Alexander, Spin, Cnn, Political Cartoons, Republican, Politics News

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Obama Isn't Doing Enough to Scare America, says Christian Science Monitor

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

According to the Christian Science Monitor, if you protest being molested in an airport, that's a sure sign that you are not afraid of Al Qaeda. And that's a problem on both fronts.

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Insurers Spin Court Decision on Health Insurance Mandate

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Industry, Spin, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Obama Health Care, Republicans, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

After the Virginia Court's health care ruling, the thing to keep in mind is that this is just one judge's opinion. Others have gone the other way. We are a long way from knowing if, and how, the new act will ultimately be implemented.

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'Friendly Reminder': Fox's Unbalanced Ethics Threatens Democracy

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ethics in Journalism, Media Matters, Corporate Media, Ethics, Health Care Reform, Fox News, Spin, Media, Health Care, Rush Limbaugh, Media News

Bill Sammon, Fox News' Washington managing editor, sent a memo "at the height of the health care reform debate" to his network's so-called journalists, directing them not to use the phrase "public option."

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Kitten's Sunday School Streamers, A Viva Elvis Clip, Plus Conversations With Shelby Lynne, Ryan Montbleau and Middle Class Rut's Zack Lopez

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rob Christie, Bridget Jones's Diary, George Bush, The Church, Tea Party, Conor Oberst, Ryan Montbleau, Martie Maguire, Paul Simon, Al Schmit, Dixie Chicks, Sean Stockham, Zack Lopez, Jane's Addiction, Kitten, Dean Martin, Emily Robison, Martin Sexton, Gavin Mackillop, Heart, Allison Moorer, Echo and the Bunnymen, Filter, Middle Class Rut, Yoko Ono, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, Bob Dylan, Barack Obama, Dreamworks, Rage Against the Machine, Shelby Lynne, Leisure, John Lennon, Chloe Chaidez, Dusty Springfield, Spin, Midlake, Phil Ramone, Courtyard Hounds, Rolling Stones, Sxsw, Quicksand, Pil, Entertainment News

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End Dynasty Welfare. Start the "Dynasty Tax"

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Death Tax, Tax Cuts for the Rich, Wealthy, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Dynasty, Estate Tax, Framing, Spin, Frank Luntz, Politics News

cross-posted from OpEdNews.com It is time for the congress to stop giving dynasty welfare to the richest Americans. Conservatives love their word ...

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Lemons Into Lemonade With the Skater Sasha Cohen

James M. Clash | Posted 05.25.2011

Sometimes catastrophe is the perfect catalyst for making lemonade from lemons. Such was the case when I skated with 2006 Torino Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen.

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Must 'Ethical PR' Be an Oxymoron, Richard Edelman?

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Spin, Wendell Potter, Edelman, Healthcare Reform, Ethics, Public Relations, Media News

The reason only a handful of PR people use 'PR' in their titles these days is because PR itself has a PR problem -- and for good reason. That's a shame, because press relations is not inherently evil or manipulative.

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Learn To Tell A Story

Stuart Connelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spin, Horses, Paul Begala, Talking Points, Democratic Strategy, Politics News

I am watching my six-year-old daughter in the saddle, working a mare out during perhaps her third horseback-riding lesson. The ring is open oval, with...

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How to Recover from Trust Lost: Part I

Charles H. Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spin, Trustworthiness, Bp, Trust, Trust Recovery, Halliburton, Business News

Joseph says: "When I took this account over 10 months ago, I didn't understand why the client seemed so distant. We had been cut back 2 years ago and...

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Can Limbaugh and Beck Spin Chilean Miner Story?

Bob Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spin, Glenn Beck, Chilean Miners, Rush Limbaugh, Media News

It will be fascinating to see how Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh and Laura Ingraham struggle to spin the heroic Chilean miner rescue to their political ends. It's not going to be easy.

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Obama Can't Control His Generals -- Time for Congress to Step in

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

It's too bad that General Petraeus is attempting to suppress democratic opinion. But Congress, and the people running for Congress, understand full well that this is a fight the American people are ready to have.

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Media Failing to Ask Tough Questions on Afghanistan War...Again

Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Troops, Petraeus, Marines, Violence, Propaganda, David Gregory, Meet the Press, Obama, Media, Air Force, Robert Greenwald, Journalism, Brave New Foundation, Military, Army, Rethink Afghanistan, Act.ly, Katie Couric, Taliban, Spin, Insurgents, Afghanistan, Petition, Navy, World News

If the media fail to ask hard questions, there's a chance Petraeus could get the freedom to extend an extremely unpopular war that's not making us safer.

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Should Authors Check Their Amazon Rankings? Uh, No

Catherine McKenzie | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spin, Catherine Mckenzie, Author Effect, No Rain; Ron Hogan; beatrice.com; Novelranks, Jessica Z.; Two Years, Shawn Klomparens, I Bet We Can Make These Books Bestsellers, Books News

Think of where this might all be going. Right now you can know with a certain amount of precision how many books a day you're selling on Amazon. But Amazon isn't the only game in town.

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