[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10198]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             NBC SHOWS BIAS

  (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, this week NBC News aired an 
interview with President Bush in which it removed key statements from 
the President's response to a question about diplomatic relations with 
Iran.
  While some editing is to be expected, in this case NBC misrepresented 
the President's response so that it appeared he agreed with the premise 
of the question when, in fact, he explicitly disputed it.
  The White House says NBC's ``deceitful editing'' was intended to 
perpetuate a ``media-manufactured storyline'' about Iran.
  The American people deserve to know the President's complete 
statements on major foreign policy issues. We rely on journalists to 
provide this information through fair and impartial reporting. The 
American people rightfully expect the media to give them all the facts, 
not just a slanted version.

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