[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H1048]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  MEDIA'S DOUBLE STANDARD ON PARTY ID

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, breaking news. The national media 
spells scandal without the ``D.''
  Two weeks ago the Governor of Illinois was removed from office. All 
three television networks ran full reports on the story the same night 
and again the following morning. Not one report mentioned that he is a 
Democrat.
  The same has been true of numerous other Democrats recently embroiled 
in scandal. CNN ignored the party affiliation of the Democratic Mayor 
of Baltimore as news broke that she had been indicted. The AP did the 
same while covering the indictment of the former Democratic Mayor of 
Detroit. And in the aftermath of his sex scandal, network newscasts 
apparently forgot that the former Governor of New York is a Democrat.
  Americans need and deserve balanced reporting from the media, not 
selective omissions.

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