[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 140 (Thursday, October 1, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H10412]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                NATIONAL MEDIA IGNORES MEDIA EVALUATION

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, if a poll is conducted but no one 
hears about it, does that poll really exist? Sacred Heart University 
recently found out that five out of six Americans see the national news 
media as ``very or somewhat biased.'' But you aren't likely to hear 
about the Sacred Heart poll from the establishment media.
  A search of The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles 
Times, and USA Today yielded zero articles about the poll. Network news 
programs have also intentionally ignored it.
  It seems the establishment media believe that if they simply ignore 
the poll, it does not exist. It's no wonder that almost half of 
Americans have stopped watching a news outlet because of the media 
bias. By ignoring a poll that shows their bias, the establishment media 
has confirmed the poll's results that most Americans believe the 
national media is biased.
  And that's just the way it is.

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