[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18237]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       MEDIA BIASED IN MANY WAYS

  (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, in the presidential election, George 
Bush really faces three opponents: Al Gore, Bill Clinton and his 
manipulation of the government bureaucracy, and a bias by many in the 
media.
  During the next few weeks, I am going to point out examples of media 
bias. The slanting of the news appears in many forms. Reporters 
injecting their own opinion into articles, the decision by editors and 
reporters to cover or not to cover certain subjects, and one-sided 
stories that fail to achieve a fair balance of opinions.
  The American people will know there is something wrong with media 
coverage. In fact, a survey conducted by the American Society of 
Newspaper Editors showed that more than three-quarters agree there is 
bias in news coverage.
  Conscientious editors and reporters know the media should provide the 
facts and fair and objective coverage. The American people are smart 
enough to make up their own minds.

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