[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15015]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      NATIONAL PAPERS FAVOR OBAMA

  (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, the New York Times and the 
Washington Post are two influential national newspapers. Their articles 
are reprinted in hundreds of other publications, and television 
newscasts often repeat their stories.
  I was curious how the Times and the Post were treating the two major 
party presidential candidates, so I looked at their front page 
coverage. The results may be of interest to voters who expect fair and 
objective reporting.
  From June 28 through July 14, the papers wrote far more stories about 
Senator Obama than Senator McCain. And while most of the 15 articles 
about Senator Obama were positive, not a single one of the nine 
articles about Senator McCain was positive. That is a huge slant in 
favor of Senator Obama.
  Surely voters deserve balanced coverage of the presidential 
candidates. And surely the media has a responsibility to provide it.

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