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Deep Dive: Can you spot political spin? From Mediscare to Temu Trump, spin is used by all sides of politics.

It's a technique used throughout election campaigns and it’s ramping up as we head to the polls, but does it work or just led to more mistrust in politicians?

In this episode of The Briefing, Tara Cassidy is joined by Professor of Communications and journalist Caroline Fisher to identify how it’s been used in the upcoming Federal election.  

Further listening: From Julian Assange to Amber Heard: The Australian lawyer behind it all 

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