NPR Misleads Its Listeners by Implying That it Knows What Republicans Think

Reporters should know that politicians do not always say what they think. That is why good reporters never claim to kn ow what a politician actually thinks, they only know what they say and do.

NPR badly misled its listeners this morning when political Mora Liasson said that Republicans see taxes on the wealthy as penalizing "job creators" [sorry, no link yet]. Actually, Ms. Liasson does not know how Republicans see these taxes, nor is it plausible that all of them see taxes the same way.

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