Election Time – Time for Spin and Associated BS
Don’t you just love election time? That’s the time when politicians can an increase in interest rates into a sigh of good government – when increasing costs mean we have less money for the essentials of life and yet Australian families have never had it so good – when being flexible with employment and business means the destruction of the Australian way of life.
Yep – spin … you’ve just gotta laugh or otherwise you would have to cry at the way this great country is going to the dogs!
And have you noticed that spin is the first line of defence for more than just politicians these days?
The New York Times recently reported on two clinical trials of a new drug that went horribly wrong. A drug that was supposed to improve good cholesterol levels seemed to have a rather negative effect – 93 patients in the trial group died as opposed to 59 in the placebo group. So how could you spin something like that?
“The two trials together seem to tell us that (the drug) had an off-target effect”
The spin? Death = ‘off-target’.
Now if you would like to engage in some spin to cover up your mistakes – perhaps something that the Hervey Bay City Council needs to consider – then here is a link just for you.
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