[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 152 (Tuesday, October 20, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H11466]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             WHITE HOUSE ATTACKS FOX NEWS FOR TELLING TRUTH

  (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, with unemployment at a 26-year high, 
a record budget deficit, and a looming health care bill that punishes 
taxpayers and bankrupts the government, what is the White House doing? 
They are attacking Fox News for telling the truth.
  The White House spokesman says that Fox News ``is not a news 
organization.'' We need to fact-check the White House on whatever they 
say about Fox and any legislation since they are not being straight 
with the American people.
  Separate studies by the Pew Research Center and the Center for Media 
and Public Affairs found that Fox News coverage is more balanced than 
any other network. The White House has no problem with other national 
news outlets because they offer biased reports and give the 
administration a free pass. In fact, network news programs have favored 
proponents of the administration's health care proposal over critics of 
the plan by a margin of more than 2-1, according to the Business and 
Media Institute.
  The White House, like the national media, should let the American 
people make up their own minds, not try to control what they hear.

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