[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 27 (Friday, February 17, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H907]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      MORE VIEWERS NOTE MEDIA BIAS

  (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, according to a Pew Research Center 
survey conducted last month, more viewers feel the national media are 
biased than ever before. The survey found that 67 percent of Americans 
say there is a ``fair amount'' or a ``great deal of bias'' in news 
coverage. Only 10 percent responded that there is ``no bias at all'' in 
the national media.
  These percentages show a significant increase in the number of 
Americans who believe that they receive biased coverage of current 
events by the national media. The national media owe it to the American 
people to be honest and fair. Americans' distrust of the national media 
will continue to grow until the media adhere to the highest standards 
of their profession and provide the American people with facts, 
balanced stories, and objective coverage of the news.

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