[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 10, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H1090]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                      WHERE WERE THE MEDIA . . . ?

  (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, sometimes media bias is most 
evident by the news that reporters choose not to cover.
  For example, where were the media when the Congressional Budget 
Office announced last week that the economic stimulus package would 
reduce the long-term potential output of the economy? Almost every 
national media outlet ignored the CBO's negative report.
  Where were the media when the White House announced last week that it 
would seize oversight of the Census Bureau and, thus, be able to 
politicize the nonpartisan census?
  Where were the media when President Obama decided that an internal 
investigation by his own attorney was sufficient to clear his staff of 
any inappropriate dealings with the former Governor of Illinois?
  Madam Speaker, can you imagine what the media would have done if a 
Republican President were involved?

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