A trilogy of programmes about the war in Kosovo, begins with this film, which looks at the media campaign that accompanied hostilities. How the War Was Spun. On 14 April, Nato's public-relations campaign was thrown into turmoil when its planes bombed Albanian refugees fleeing Serb aggression, killing 70 people. As NATO issued conflicting versions of what happened, Bill Clinton and Tony Blair ordered a complete overhaul of the organisation's press machinery.