ACCURACY?

posted by James Reel

While I'm on the subject of how we could get along without NPR, here's a reason I wouldn't miss its top-of-the-hour newscasts: sloppy short-hand reporting. The current example is how it is repeatedly claimed, by sources and newscasters alike, that the Democrats' tax relief plan would retain tax cuts only for people who make up to $250,000. The truth is that the cuts would affect the first $250,000 of everyone's income, including people who make millions a year. So it isn't that the wealthy would be denied tax relief; they'd merely get exactly what everybody else gets. Reporting it otherwise is sloppy and misleading.