[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 12, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H3314-H3315]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             NETWORKS SHOW BIAS ON ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAW

  (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, television network news stories 
about Arizona immigration enforcement law have been overwhelmingly 
negative, according to a new analysis by the Media Research Center. 
From April 23 to May 3, negative news reports on ABC, CBS, and NBC 
outnumbered positive reports by a margin of 12 to 1. This kind of 
extreme bias is a danger to democracy. And nowhere is it more evident 
than in reporting about immigration.
  Only 10 percent of network reports acknowledged that a majority of 
Americans support the Arizona law and that

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9 out of 10 say it is important to reduce illegal immigration. The 
networks should give Americans the facts about immigration, not just 
give them one side of the story.

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