[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18608]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     MEDIA DISPLAYS DOUBLE-STANDARD

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the double-standard that often 
exists in today's media coverage is obvious. For example, the major 
networks all provide the Democrats with more convention coverage than 
the Republicans. More coverage is also given to liberal positions.
  Take the issue of gun control. Guns are consistently portrayed as the 
weapons of criminals. We never hear about a tragedy being averted or a 
life being saved because a law-abiding citizen was armed with a gun.
  Media bias also censors ads. Both the New York Times and USA Today 
refused to run ads against partial-birth abortions.
  This week Al Gore made up a story about what prescription drugs cost 
his mother-in-law, and the media all but ignored it.
  Why does the media display such a liberal bias? Simply because 
journalists are more liberal than the rest of us.
  A 1996 Roper Center survey found that 89 percent of Washington 
political writers voted for the Clinton/Gore ticket in 1992, only 9 
percent supported George Bush.

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