whitewashers
Those who gloss
Whitewashers are people who whitewash—literally, those who apply the white liquid mixture used to coat walls and fences.
More commonly, the term refers to people who cover up scandals, minimize wrongdoing, or present sanitized versions of uncomfortable truths: Critics called the committee members whitewashers for their lenient report on police misconduct.
Those who apply pigment
- brushesBristled implements for grooming
- limeAcidic green citrus
- coatingApplied surface covering
- wallsVertical enclosing structures
fences · buckets · laborers · exteriors · calcimining · slaking · bristles · scaffolding
Hiding wrongdoing from public
- spin doctorsPR damage controllers
- apologistsThose who defend beliefs
- propagandistsSpreaders of biased messaging
- sanitizersAgents that reduce germs
revisionists · minimizers · deflectors · deniers · obfuscators · enablers · PR · damage control
painters
Those who apply pigment
walls · fences · buckets · laborers · exteriors · calcimining · slaking · bristles · scaffolding · surfaces
cover-up
Hiding wrongdoing from public
- spin doctorsPR damage controllers
- apologistsThose who defend beliefs
- propagandistsSpreaders of biased messaging
sanitizers · revisionists · minimizers · deflectors · deniers · obfuscators · enablers · PR · damage control · distorters
cricket
Chirping legged insect
zero · scoreless · duck · innings · wicket · blanked · shutout · defeated · skunked · opponents
- truth avoidersdeniers, avoiders, deflectors, obfuscators, gaslighters
whitewasherstruth-tellers
Those who state facts
whistleblowers · exposers · muckrakers · investigative journalists · revealers
whitewashersprosecutors
Lawyers representing the state
accusers · condemners · critics · watchdogs · inquisitors
- whitewashed wallsSurfaces painted pale with lime