Blitzer let Fleischer falsely claim Obama has a "proposal to eliminate deductions" for charitable donations

Media Matters - Blitzer let Fleischer falsely claim Obama has a "proposal to eliminate deductions" for charitable donations

CNN's Wolf Blitzer did not challenge Ari Fleischer's false claim that President Obama has a "proposal to eliminate deductions" for charitable donations and housing-related expenses. In fact, Obama's fiscal year 2010 budget proposal includes a provision to reduce to 28 percent the rate at which families earning more than $250,000 a year can take deductions for charitable donations, housing-related expenses, and other itemized deductions.