Weekly Devotion: Everybody Spins
Everybody seems to be spinning.
- Friends unconsciously spin stories that make themselves the hero.
- Media spins a mediocre story into tantalizing clickbait.
- Churches spin each year’s stewardship campaign.
- Heck, 16-yr-old kids spin their tardiness as a reason for their parents to buy them a car.
It’s only natural to want people to agree with you, so a little spinning in your favor must be natural. The problem comes when people spin out of control.
I learned recently that after a debate there is something called “the Spin Room”, where politicians try to “shape the narrative”. This is where they use all kinds of tricks to nudge people’s perception about what they’ve just watched. We created a room for this?