spokesweasel
n.— «If you really need to see the sorry state of journalism these days, look no farther than today’s White House press gaggle, where spokesweasel Scott McClellan flat out lies in the face of the reporters, and they just sit there and take it.» —by CC Canadian Cynic (Waterloo, Ontario) Oct. 25, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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