[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 101 (Monday, July 9, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1206]
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         CBS PRODUCER: ``I'M DONE'' DENYING LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS

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                            HON. LAMAR SMITH

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, July 9, 2012

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, former CBS producer Greg Kandra 
recently highlighted the continued existence of the national liberal 
media's bias.
  As a result of the national media's use of selectively edited clips 
to push its liberal agenda, he stated that he has ``grown weary trying 
to defend'' the national media. Kandra declared that he cannot and will 
not defend his former colleagues against claims of liberal bias.
  He writes that the national media has ``successfully eroded any 
confidence'' the public has in the news. And that the national media 
has ``done a [great] job of diminishing what was once a great 
profession and undermining one of the underpinnings of democracy, a 
free press.''
  According to a recent Gallup poll, Americans' confidence in the 
national media is at an all time low. Americans' lack of confidence in 
the national media will continue until the national media provides the 
American people with fair and objective coverage of the news.

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