Is it an attempt to manufacture an influencer, someone with a lot of social media followers who can
spruik brands' products?
The media's preoccupation with Hanson's star power over her candidates, and LNP leader Tim Nicholls' Sunrise gaffe, where he appeared to
spruik a One Nation/LNP coalition, enabling Labor to slam the "cuts and chaos" that such an alliance would produce, also helped muddy One Nation's standing with voters.
"We're confident we know what the result will be but nevertheless the Government says they only want to consult, they don't want to
spruik and they don't want to plan for a nuclear waste dump."
Trying to
spruik their cruises, this month P&O even released a survey which found Australian mothers "are getting a raw deal".
Within this context, some have begun to
spruik and in many cases exaggerate what is surely at best a tiny level of support including making false claims that Jews are split on this issue (Hirsh 2007:120).
So, Story About Feeling can function as a needed and religious alternative to the prattle of the tourist guide whose
spruik is grounded in a knowing ignorance: 'Just look at all the paintings and see what they used to paint.
Today, in an age of austerity, Swan is better known for having demoted that 'track record' in order to
spruik the virtues of slashing government deficits.
But he's happy to use the climate change argument to
spruik Australian uranium overseas.