n.a public relations person who tries to forestall negative publicity by publicizing a favorable interpretation of the words or actions of a company or political party or famous person
Likewise, it can be advantageous for job hunters to engagein a little spin-doctoring to showrecruitersthey're confident in their abilitytohandle a position, say career experts.
All the spindoctoring in the world cannot hide the fact that Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has been deprived of a huge part of his powerbase by Tony Blair.