The War on Terror as a Spin of Imagination. Part 3. Conspiracies.

When an event of the magnitude of 9/11 happens, it is only natural that at least a few conspiracy theories will emerge, or re-emerge in its wake.

Spin-a-Climategate: a science thriller

As policymakers gather in Copenhagen to discuss ways of combating climate change, skeptics are bragging about exposing a decades-long conspiracy of climatologists and politicians. What went wrong with science?

Spin-a-battle: how Ukraine invented the “Konotop Massacre”

The famous battle of an unknown war. On July 11, Ukraine celebrates its victory in the Battle of Konotop.

Spin-a-flu: a media panic with economic implications

Swine flu is advancing on us from Mexico. The Mexican government has already pronounced the epidemic as being contained.

WWII-related spin casts shadows on our V-Day

How do you spin a war, 64 years in the past? Piece of cake. You just concentrate on a few conspiracy theories to make the story (or history) interesting, and add something that serves as a delivery vehicle for your spin.

Spin-a-war. War on Terror as a spin of the imagination. Part 2: Illusions

Spin-a-Lord-of-War: the case of Viktor Bout

A group of congressmen addressed the new U.S. administration with a request to make the ‘delayed’ extradition of Russian businessman Viktor Bout from Thailand to the United States a priority in U.S. – Thai relations.

Spin–a–war: Spin-an-America

How 18th Century spin affected the image of the American Revolution in Russia.

Iraq 2003: behind the scenes

The Iraq war of 2003 was one of the most publicized conflicts in human history. The world watched it live on kitchen TV-sets and listened to it on the radio in real time while driving to work.