[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13922]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     THE LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS OF CBS

  (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, earlier this month we learned of 
more good economic news about the expanding economy. 947,000 new jobs 
created in March, April, and May alone. One might think that almost a 
million new jobs in 3 months constitutes big news, but it was not big 
news on ``CBS Evening News.''
  ``The CBS Evening News'' spent 20 seconds glossing over the creation 
of nearly a million new jobs. CBS then aired a 2-minute report about 
1,300 people being laid off in Ohio. The laying off of 1,300 workers 
and their families at any time is sad. I have hope and faith that those 
families will soon be back on their feet. But for CBS to bury the good 
news about a million new jobs and magnify the bad news of 1,300 layoffs 
smacks of partisan media bias. Twenty seconds for good economic news, 2 
minutes for bad economic news. If it is not liberal media bias, I do 
not know what is.

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