[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 18, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3531]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     MEDIA'S IMMIGRATION BIAS PREVENTS AMERICANS FROM GETTING FACTS

  (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. Mr. Speaker, many of us remember the tragic case 
of Chandra Levy, a former Washington, D.C. intern who disappeared 
suddenly 8 years ago.
  The man charged recently with murdering Ms. Levy entered the United 
States illegally, but you might not have known that by following the 
news. CBS, CNN, and the AP, among many other media outlets, failed to 
mention even once that the suspect entered the country illegally. 
Instead, the media used terms like ``incarcerated felon'' and ``jailed 
attacker'' to refer to the suspect in news reports. They neglected to 
point out that the suspect would not have been able to commit the 
alleged murder if he had not entered the country illegally in the first 
place.
  This is an example of how the media's liberal bias on immigration 
issues prevents Americans from getting the facts. Whether it's 
immigration or any other issue, the media should report the facts, not 
slant the news.

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