[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4119]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   60 MINUTES AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT

  (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, the first amendment guarantees 
freedom of the press, and with that freedom comes responsibility. But 
we all remember the 60 Minutes II report during the last campaign which 
used partisan sources and forged documents to assert that the President 
of the United States had not fulfilled his duty in the National Guard, 
a report that was proven to be false.
  Well, here we go again. Recently I saw a 60 Minutes segment in which 
a scientist claimed that his views on global warming were being 
censored by the administration. Of course, they did not report that 
this man had received a $250,000 grant from the foundation controlled 
by Theresa Heinz Kerry. They did not report that this man had endorsed 
John Kerry. They did not report that he has served as a consultant for 
Al Gore nor that he had made similar claims against President Bush's 
father in 1989.
  The first amendment gives freedom of the press, but the truth is the 
foundation for credibility.
  60 Minutes should tell both sides of the story in a fair and balanced 
way, or they should simply air this disclaimer: ``60 Minutes brought to 
you by the National Democratic Committee.''

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