- Paperback: 9999 pages
- Publisher: Pan; New edition edition (6 Nov 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330373811
- ISBN-13: 978-0330373814
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,333,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Richard Reeves This is the best look I've had of the action on the other side of the door in the White House pressroom. It's great fun to see that they're as bad as journalists are. It also is a smart look at how smart folk define for themselves the critical lines between the truth, and nothing but the truth--and outright lying.
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Since starting in 1988 with approval ratings as high as Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton has become the most investigated President since Richard Nixon, with inquiries into Whitewater, and alledged campaign fund-raising abuses and sexual misconduct. Faced with more allegations in 1998, this book reveals the inside workings of Clinton's propaganda machine, and his team of White House "spin doctors".
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Format:Paperback
The revelations in this book are astonishing! My god, you mean to tell me that the president of the United States actually sends people out to talk to the press to put himself in a positive light? You mean to tell me that the white house spokesmen we see on tv aren't telling us everything that's going on? Are you telling me they are concealing things and sometimes even embellishing certain events to avoid negative public opinion. Why, this is outrageous!
Mr. Kurtz, you are a saint for revealing the decietful practices of these scoundrels. The world would have simply continued accepting everything these "spokesmen" were saying at face value if you had not written your invaluably enlightening book. And please keep appearing on my tv everyday and writing more books to talk about the excessive punditry going on these days.
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Kurtz provides the reader with wonderful insight into the spinning of Mike McCurry/Joe Lockhart and company. Though it may be a frightening realization, the White House IS the most powerful entity in the United States if not the entire world. Never again will I watch the evening national news or Lockart on C-Span the same way.
Format:Paperback
Howard Kurtz writes a soild interesting book not only on the Clinton Administration but on how this administration has set a course future politicians will follow. I am not a Clinton fan by any stretch but he sure knows how to market the Presidentcy and Kurtz does a great job of exposing some of the detailed activities going on in our White House. Kurtz has some solid inside sources and gives the reader a wonderful view of the spinning of news. Both sides do it but Clinton seems to be a master. Those that complain this is old rehashed data must be following the news with precision. I for one appreciated hearing more details about stories I had heard only the overview of on the nightly news. I won't see the news in the same light again.
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A wonderfully engaging insight into American political spin!
Howard Kurtz has provided told those who would wish to know, what life inside the most famous house in the world is really like. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2001
Fascinating look at modern US politics
Despite what might seem a rather dry subject, this is a genuinely interesting and well written book. It gives a good overview of what "spin doctors" actually do. Read more
Published on 15 Dec 1999 by Maximillian Cairnduff
Excellent book all-around
Kurtz offers a meticuously-researched and well-written book that peers inside the filthy confines of the Clinton White House and convincingly documents what we knew was going on... Read more
Published on 3 July 1999
Kurtz misses the machine for the parts.
First off, "Spin Cycle" is glaringly the product of superficial journalism, of a botched crossover from the easy stuff. Read more
Published on 26 Feb 1999
Flash: Press Gives Good Reviews to Book About Press!
Poorly written. Not much new. Of interest to people who (1) like reading detailed accounts of how the press works but aren't concerned about structure or content, (2) like reading... Read more
Published on 7 Jan 1999
This book was good and focused at an appropriate audience!
I did not read this book on my own will, unfortunately, but I did love it. My Soc. Studies teacher (I am a freshmen in high school) asked us to read a political science book, I... Read more
Published on 17 Nov 1998
Good ... But Non-Critical
Conservatives hoping that "Spin Cycle" will serve as an indictment of the Clinton Administration will be disappointed. Read more
Published on 29 Oct 1998
Could have been written in 5 pages
This book was very dissappointing. It contained very little new information for anyone who watches C-Span. It is a mish mash of stories loosely organized without any analysis. Read more
Published on 24 Oct 1998
Very interesting treatment of White House PR machine
This book gives an excellent ananysis of the White House machine that tries to manage the news. It assumes that the reader is familiar with the events since 1992 - this is not a... Read more
Published on 12 Oct 1998
An Inside Look at Clinton and the Media
Howard Kurtz, aside from being a perceptive media critic, is a very luck man. <i>Spin Cycle<i> went to press just as the Lewinsky scandal broke. Read more
Published on 28 Sep 1998
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