Disco (DX)
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Disco: DX
Definition
The concession or sacrifice by a player of an element of its platform in order to preserve or advance its overall agenda or argument. The central tenet of a Disco is that forward progress cannot be achieved by the player unless or until the player first moves backward (i.e., one step back, two steps forward.)
BBC Leader Admits Bias
A former BBC director admitted that the government broadcaster had a massive bias to the left 30 years ago, but that it doesn't anymore and should have no problems in reporting on the conservative government.
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