Yesterday while picking my son up at school a little after 2 o’clock, I heard the female newsreader talking about Governor Pat Quinn’s proposed “one percent” income tax increase.
Did whoever wrote the script pass junior high school math?
Those who have darker views of this gross mistake might wonder if WBBM management is trying to frame the 33% income tax hike issue in a manner that might dampen down opposition.
You know whenever a news source says the increase is “one percent” or even “one percentage point” that it is trying to minimize the magnitude of the increase.
If a news source uses both “33%” and “one percentage point” in its report, then it’s attempting to describe what’s happening in a more rational manner.
This is not the first instance of media bias on this issue that I have noticed.
On the week in review last Friday night, a pundant made the same reference (“it’s a one percent tax hike”) and I do not recall hearing an objection from the panel. 1% sounds so small but is so large.