Spin Cycle

Bill Clinton is the most investigated president since Richard Nixon - facing inquiries into Whitewater campaign fundraising abuses and sexual misconduct - and yet he began 1998 with approval ratings as high as those of Ronald Reagan. But the new year has brought a barrage of new allegations and the president and his advisers face once again the challenge of spinning the news to their advantage a challenge they have mastered many times before. In Spin Cycle award-winning 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 pulls back the curtain on events and tactics that the administration would prefer to keep hidden.