[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 140 (Tuesday, September 20, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H6242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  MEDIA BIAS CHANGES ELECTION RESULTS

  (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, liberal media bias gives Democratic 
candidates an extra 8 to 10 percentage points in a typical election, 
according to a study by UCLA political science professor Tim 
Groseclose. For example, Professor Groseclose found that if media bias 
didn't exist, John McCain would have defeated Barack Obama with 56 
percent of the vote.
  In his new book, ``Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the 
American Mind,'' Professor Groseclose writes, ``While the job of a 
journalist is to shine light on facts, they use a prism, bending the 
light and causing it to make a left turn. The end result is that we, 
the readers and viewers of the news, are more likely to see facts from 
the left side of the spectrum.''
  As we approach another important election year, the national media 
should give Americans the facts, not tell them what to think.

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