Spin cycle
Subtitle: how the White House and the media manipulate the news
By: Howard Kurtz.
Edition: 1st Touchstone ed. / rev. and updated with a new epilogue from the author.
Publisher: Touchstone; Free Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
Subjects: Clinton, Bill, -- 1946-; Press and propaganda -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Propaganda, American -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Other titles: How the White House and the media manipulate the news
Description: In Spin Cycle, Washington Post reporter Howard Kurtz reveals the inside workings of Clinton's well-oiled propaganda machine - arguably the most successful team of White House spin doctors in history. He takes the reader into closed-door meetings where Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Mike McCurry, Lanny Davis, and other top officials plot strategy to beat back the scandals and neutralize a hostile press corps through stonewalling, stage managing, and outright intimidation.

He depicts a White House obsessed with spin and pulls back the curtain on events and tactics that the administration would prefer to keep hidden.
Notes: "A Touchstone book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.