Networks Propagandize Against Alleged Bush Tax-Cut Gamble

In contrast, during this period, not one broadcast reporter ever labeled [George W Bush]'s cut as either modest or even small. The networks quoted liberal critics who charged that the Bush tax cut was "massive" or "huge" five times more often than they quoted tax-cut support...

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Published in:Insight on the news (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2001-05, Vol.17 (18), p.46
Main Author: Bozell, L. Brent III
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Budget
Bush, George W
Daschle, Tom
Evaluation
Gephardt, Richard
Influence
Political aspects
Press
Propaganda
Tax cuts
Tax incentives
Television networks
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Summary:In contrast, during this period, not one broadcast reporter ever labeled [George W Bush]'s cut as either modest or even small. The networks quoted liberal critics who charged that the Bush tax cut was "massive" or "huge" five times more often than they quoted tax-cut supporters making the opposite point: The tax cut is puny as a percentage of the trillions Washington will spend in the next decade. The TV experts almost never told viewers that the $1.6 trillion tax cut would be spread out over 10 years.
ISSN:1051-4880