[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18455]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       NBC GETS MEDIA BIAS AWARD

  (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, last week I announced a weekly award 
for the worst example of a biased liberal media report. The nominees 
for the first Media Bias Award are:
  NBC's ``Today'' show for interviewing Kitty Kelley for 3 consecutive 
days about her book on the President's family, filled with second-hand 
sources, rumors, and falsehoods; Newsweek Magazine for this week's 
cover story on ``The Secret Money War'' in the Presidential campaign. 
Newsweek neglected to report that the top five outside money groups all 
have Democratic Party ties and have spent a combined $91 million 
attacking President Bush; the New York Times for repeatedly hammering 
Republicans for their get-out-the-vote efforts among church members 
while never criticizing Democrats for political speeches in churches; 
The Washington Post for its coverage of the Democratic and Republican 
conventions. The day after the Democratic convention, The Post ran 
three positive front-page stories about the Democratic nominee; but the 
day after the Republican convention, The Post featured two negative and 
only one positive front-page story on President Bush.
  Mr. Speaker, the winner of the first Media Bias Award is NBC for its 
decision to feature Bush critic Kitty Kelley on the Today show 3 days 
in a row. This is the Media Bias Award to NBC.

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