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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (129884)	3/1/2001 1:41:32 PM
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Ministry of Truth - CBS department - reports American People think Bush Tax Cut Too Large: A CBS News poll of those who watched President Bush’s Tuesday night address to Congress found 67 percent support it, a more than two-to-one margin as only 31 percent oppose it, but Wednesday’s CBS Evening News didn’t mention their own poll. Instead, reporter John Roberts highlighted two women in Omaha who think it’s too big, including one who, Roberts asserted, "fears the President is rolling the dice on eight years of success just for political gain." CBS trusted its poll of 978 people enough to tout on Wednesday’s The Early Show, as noted in the February 28 MRC Media Reality Check distributed Wednesday afternoon in a CyberAlert Special, and on its Web page. The Web site summary of the poll revealed it also discovered that tax cuts are Bush’s most popular policy idea: "Given a choice of four of the proposals offered by Bush, the viewing public is most interested in his proposal to cut income taxes. Thirty-eight percent of viewers say they would like to see it happen in the coming year. Proposals on increasing Social Security/Medicare and education spending follow, chosen by 23 percent and 21 percent, respectively. Thirty percent of those who did not watch or listen to the speech chose tax cut. Overall, 35 percent of the public prefer the tax-cut proposal." For CBS’s rundown of its poll, go to: cbsnews.com But CBS Evening News viewers heard nothing about any of the poll findings. Instead, the show painted the tax cut as a risky scheme which scares the public. Dan Rather introduced the February 28 story, as transcribed by MRC analyst Brad Wilmouth: "President Bush insists what the economy really needs is his major tax cut. Democrats and some independent economists believe the Bush push is risky business. CBS News White House correspondent John Roberts reports on George Bush on the road and out campaigning again." Roberts checked in from Bush’s stop in Omaha where he showed Bush arguing tax money belongs to the people in the first place. Roberts explained Bush was campaigning for his plan in states where moderate Democrats could make the difference. After a soundbite of Bush predicting his cut will pass and it will boost the economy, Roberts announced: "Congress is almost certain this year to change course on policies that for the last eight years centered on saving money, preserving Social Security, and retiring the debt. The debate now is over which way to go -- Mr. Bush’s plan or the Democrats’ proposal for smaller targeted tax cuts. At the Stage Right Cafe in Omaha, where the sarcasm runs as strong as the coffee, they’ve heard all the talk about tax cuts." Woman: "Some people think it’s too small. Some people think it’s too big. And some people think it’s just right. Isn’t that what it was?" Roberts: "What do you think?" Woman: "I think it could probably be reduced." Roberts: "Jan Dill believes if Mr. Bush can hold the line on spending, his tax cut could work. But Sue Kilgarin fears the President is rolling the dice on eight years of success just for political gain." Kilgarin: "I think a big tax cut is just a real feather in someone’s cap." One CBS News doesn’t want Bush to get. mediaresearch.org