[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 183 (Tuesday, December 8, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H13554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  NETWORKS IGNORE CLIMATEGATE SCANDAL

  (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, ABC, CBS, and NBC are the winners 
of this week's Media Fairness Caucus' highly uncoveted ``Lap Dog 
Award'' for the most glaring example of media bias. The networks took 2 
weeks to devote any coverage to the Climategate scandal on their 
evening news programs.
  We now know that prominent scientists were so determined to advance 
the idea of human-made global warming that they worked together to hide 
contradictory temperature data. But for 2 weeks, none of the networks 
gave the scandal any coverage on their evening news programs, and when 
they finally did cover it, their reporting was largely slanted in favor 
of global warming alarmists.
  The networks have shown a steady pattern of bias on climate change. 
During a 6-month period, four out of five network news reports failed 
to acknowledge any dissenting views about global warming, according to 
a Business and Media Institute study.
  The networks should tell Americans the truth, rather than hide the 
facts.

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