[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 183 (Thursday, November 9, 2017)]
[House]
[Pages H8666-H8667]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        A MESSAGE FOR THE MEDIA

  (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, I have a message for the liberal so-
called mainstream media.
  You are essential to democracy. You have an almost sacred 
responsibility to inform the American people, but they don't believe 
you anymore.
  Your coverage of the President and conservative Republicans is now 
obviously so slanted, so biased, that you have lost your credibility; 
in fact, polls show that it is at a record low.
  In trying to destroy this President, you are destroying yourself. Is 
that what you want?
  Remember the Chinese proverb: ``When you set out on a journey of 
revenge, dig two graves.''
  Why not trust the American people with the facts and let them make up 
their own minds rather than telling them what to think? I don't know of

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any other way you can restore your credibility.

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