[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12174]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       AMERICANS TIRED OF BIASED, LIBERAL, SHODDY NEWS REPORTING

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, last week on the evening news, Dan Rather, 
nicknamed ``Rather Biased'' by those of us who are conservative or 
those of us who just like fair reporting in general, spent 2 minutes 
reporting a story about 1,300 layoffs in Ohio. That certainly is 
something that is of concern, and yet at the same time he only spent 20 
seconds reporting that 947,000 new jobs have been created in the last 3 
months.
  I realize that the media loves to dwell on the negative, but they 
also completely can ignore the fact that the unemployment rate is down 
to 5.6 percent, which is a lower rate than it averaged in 1970s, 1980s 
and 1990s; home ownership has risen to its highest level at 68 percent; 
and real disposable income is up nearly 4 percent this year. The 
economy is coming back and coming back strong, and yet the media still 
wants to dwell on the negative.
  But then again it is no surprise. Their real goal is not journalism, 
but to get John Kerry elected president. No wonder Fox, ``fair and 
balanced news,'' has come on as one of the strongest cable networks 
that there is, Mr. Speaker. I think Americans have absolutely had 
enough with biased, liberal, shoddy reporting.

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