[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 49-50]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  MEDIA COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES MORE FAVORABLE 
          THAN COVERAGE OF REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, a study by Harvard University and 
the Project for Excellence in Journalism has reaffirmed what many of us 
have long observed: Media coverage of Democratic Presidential 
candidates has been far more abundant and favorable than coverage of 
Republican Presidential candidates.
  The study found that 49 percent of all stories involved Democratic 
candidates, while just 31 percent involved

[[Page 50]]

Republican candidates. In addition, Democratic Presidential candidates 
received twice as much favorable coverage as Republicans, and Hillary 
Clinton drew nearly twice as much media coverage as any Republican 
nominee.
  Until we hold journalists to the highest standards of their 
profession, unfair reporting will continue to influence elections and 
undermine our democracy.

                          ____________________