Michie, D. The invisible persuaders, 1998: p. 1 of cover ("how Britain's spin doctors manipulate the media")

Hollingsworth, M. Tim Bell : the ultimate spin doctor, 1997.

Spin doctors : a threat to democracy, 1994.

Manning, P. Spinning for labour, 1998: p. v11 ("The arrival of the press officer and spin doctor in the offices of trade unions and labour movement organisations is largely a phenomenon of the last ten years")

Ox. dict. of new words (Spin doctor: a senior political spokesperson employed to promote a favourable interpretation of events to journalists)

Cassell dict. of modern politics, 1994 (spin doctor: a member of an election candidate's campaign team who interprets for the media, as favourably as possible, the candidate's performance in a particular event)

Shafritz, J.M. The Harper Collins dict. of Am. govt. and politics, 1992 (spin doctor)

OED; Web. 3

Here are entered works on individuals employed to publicize favorable interpretations of the words or actions of politicians or other public figures or organizations.