H.R. 1836, or, the 2001 Bush tax cut, contributed greatly to economic inequality in the United States. The bill cost the federal government trillions of dollars in lost revenue while simultaneously enriching the wealthiest Americans. Despite this fact, broadcast news networks portrayed the cuts favorably during the leadup to the bill’s passage on June 7th, 2001. However, a systematic study of how the five largest broadcast news networks (ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, and NBC) portrayed the cuts has not yet been completed. This paper examines how these five networks portrayed the tax cuts from January 1st through May 31st by examining 586 news transcripts. This paper is split into three sections: Language used on the broadcasts, guests brought onto the broadcasts, and public polling results displayed on the broadcasts. The results show a clear favoring of the pro-tax cut argument on all five networks. For the section on language, 58 transcripts mentioned the criticism that the bill benefitted the wealthy, while 171 transcripts mentioned the bill’s working-class benefits. The guest section was even more stark, with 246 transcripts featuring a supporter of the tax cut compared with 108 transcripts featuring a guest critical of the bill. A brief section tracking public polling results then concludes this paper. The findings of this paper support Bell and Entman’s claim that broadcast news networks portrayed the 2001 tax cuts favorably, and calls into question the claim that the American public supported the bill.