Why is the Activist Old Media so obsessed with Mitt Romney's taxes?

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Media Obsession with Romney Taxes

by Ron Futrell19 Aug 2012, 2:19 AM PDT

 

Why is the Activist Old Media so obsessed with Mitt Romney's taxes?

 

He has released what is federally required, he has been as transparent as most other presidential candidates, so why the obsession?

The short answer is that as Barack Obama's #1 SuperPAC, it is the media's job to do whatever the campaign wants, so they do it. Mark Halpern said as much on the Today Show over the weekend. When asked about the media and the tax return issue, Halpern said, "The media is very susceptible to doing what the Obama campaign wants." No duh.

But this issue goes much deeper. Talking about tax returns is normally the last thing the media would want to do. Media (especially TV news) is run by consultants who live and die by research. I know what their research says and if you were to list the top 10 campaign issues for 2012, Mitt Romney's taxes would probably be #11. Jobs, economy, healthcare, American values, silly little issues like these would be at the top of the list. That's what all the polls say, that's what the media research says. The media wants us to believe Romney's taxes are a big deal, so they read more http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/08/18/Media-Obsession-With-Romney-Taxes

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It must be a Democrat attack method this cycle. Our primaries for Senator were over last week so we now have a candidate. Yesterday they had members of the Wisconsin Democrat Party out with signs protesting that he should show ten years of taxes instead of two. The first ads against him were also what I call 'envy ads'- he is a millionaire who no longer had Wisconsin values. Seems like they have gotten the word to use the presidential play book here.