Media Wont Rest until Taxes Are Raised
Networks flood airwaves with stories
suggesting tax hikes to pay for Katrina and other price tags.
By Amy Menefee
Business & Media Institute
October 12, 2005
Spending federal money without raising taxes? Broadcasters have
been incredulous at the thought, especially since Hurricane
Katrina hit so much so that 59 percent of their tax-related
stories have suggested tax hikes. Reporters turned to everyone
from Bill Clinton to the man on the street to fellow journalists
to make the case for taxation.
A typical question from a network reporter showed annoyance at
the presidents tax policy and implied that anything but raising
taxes is irresponsible, sounding something like this: The last
thing in the world that George W. Bush wants to do is raise
taxes, but the amount of money that were talking about here,
were talking about many, many, many tens of billions of
dollars. Can that be done without raising taxes? That was ABCs
Ted Koppel following Bushs address to the nation on September
15.
