[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 153 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H9873]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            MEDIA SHOULD PROVIDE BALANCED ELECTION COVERAGE

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, it is not easy to find a news 
magazine without either Senator Obama on the cover or gratuitous 
attacks on Senator McCain and Governor Palin in its articles. For 
example, Newsweek magazine this week published an article suggesting 
that Governor Palin's faith in God makes her less qualified to be Vice 
President. That is an amazing lack of grace.
  This marks the latest shot fired in the media's all-out assault on 
Governor Palin's campaign to become America's first woman Vice 
President. No wonder Americans, by a 10-to-1 margin, believe the media 
are trying to hurt Governor Palin, according to a Rasmussen poll.
  Newsweek is the same magazine that has featured Senator Obama on its 
cover six times this year, compared to only three times for Senator 
McCain.
  Americans need balanced coverage during this election, and should 
demand that the media provide it.

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