DeathTax

Sloppy ABC Misleads on Estate Tax Being 'Slashed'; It Will Actually Increase 35 Percent

12/9/2010 4:48 PM ET

ABC's Jon Karl on Thursday offered misleading, sloppy reporting on a congressional tax deal, bizarrely suggesting that the proposal "slashes" the estate tax. In a follow-up piece, news anchor Juju ...

Times Cheers Schumer's 'Millionaire's Tax' Formula After Despising GOP's 'Death Tax'

12/3/2010 1:56 PM ET

Jennifer Steinhauer greets Sen. Chuck Schumer's tax-cut word games with approval. Yet the Times loathed what it considered the unfair and misleading Republican phrase "death tax" to describe the ...

AP: How Dare Steinbrenner Die in 2010

7/14/2010 10:13 AM ET

Less than 24 hours after baseball boss' death, newswire decries suspended estate tax, heirs' 'unexpected bonanza'

NY Times Dismayed Death Tax Didn't Hit Tycoon's Fortune

6/9/2010 1:47 PM ET

Media frustrated that 'accounting quirk' allows money to pass to children, grandchildren 'tax free'

Carl Hulse Hates GOP's Successful Demonization of the "Death Tax"

4/13/2009 12:30 PM ET

Congressional reporter Carl Hulse insisted that the "death tax" (always in quotes) "hits merely a sliver of wealthy American families" and was dismayed at how successful the conservative campaign ...