[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 96 (Tuesday, July 13, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H5544]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    MEDIA BIAS, PUTIN'S COMMON SENSE

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, leave it to the former 
head of the KGB to inject a little common sense into the American 
political race, and leave it to the partisan American media to ignore 
it.
  During the recent G-8 Summit in Georgia, Russian President Vladimir 
Putin said to a gathering news media: ``I am deeply convinced that 
President Bush's political adversaries have no moral right to attack 
him over Iraq.'' I did not find this quote in the New York Times or The 
Washington Post because they refused to report it. I did not find it 
broadcast on CBS, NBC, or ABC News either. I found this quote in China 
Daily, straight from Beijing.
  We could have found the same quote in some Russian publications as 
well, including Pravda and the British-based Reuters News Service. But 
we could not find that quote in the American media except for one 
outlet, CBN.
  It is a sorry day for American journalism when they find themselves 
out-balanced by their counterparts in Communist China and Russia. It is 
a new low for partisan media bias.
  In conclusion, may God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September 11.

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