spin control
/ˈspɪn kənˌtroʊl/ n [U]Definition
› an effort to control the damage done by a bad situation: Various spokespersons attempted a desperate exercise in spin control to deny that Reagan ever made such a promise.
(Definition of spin control n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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