[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 186 (Tuesday, November 14, 2017)]
[House]
[Pages H9190-H9191]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 THE MEDIA CAUSE POLITICAL DYSFUNCTION

  (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, a recent Washington Post University 
of Maryland poll asked Americans whom they blame for causing 
dysfunction in the U.S. political system.
  It is no surprise that 88 percent of respondents said the news media 
caused some or a lot of the dysfunction. Given that the liberal media 
unfairly blames President Trump for nearly all the problems in our 
country, they bear the burden of this dysfunction.
  Months of liberal biased reporting have shredded the media's 
credibility in the eyes of most Americans. The media should report the 
facts objectively. That begins with fair coverage of the President and 
his administration. So far this year, the media has been anything but 
fair.
  According to a new Harvard study, media coverage of the President's 
first 100 days was 80 percent negative, a

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record for recent Presidents. Until the media becomes less slanted, 
they will continue to be a source of dysfunction in our political 
system.

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