NPR or Administration: Who's flashing their bias?

A little snippet. I was listening to NPR's All Things Considered the morning Obama announced his budget, including the tax hikes on the "wealthy" among us. What struck me most, however, was a curious turn of phrase when referring to everyone else: "working Americans."

Those who will have their taxes remain roughly the same, based on last year's tax adjustments/cuts/extensions, were referred to as "working Americans" by the correspondant, undercutting either a bias at NPR or a wording in Obama's announcement.

From what I read in Obama's speech, he referred to those getting tax "cuts" as "middle-class Americans" (which means 95% of America is middle class...what balls this man has) and the rest as "oil companies, investment fund managers, and those making over $250,000 a year."

So I guess this means NPR views those at the top as non-working Americans, since the rest are obviously working (or unemployed, imprisoned, vagrant, etc.) and probably hard for all those dollars. Never mind the doctors or entrepreneurs who make over $250k a year. Lazy slacker fat cats!

I love how even the staid, boring NPR can get a dig in every now and again.

-Erik