[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15924]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  ABC'S HEALTH CARE COVERAGE ONE SIDED

  (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. Madam Speaker, tomorrow ABC News will devote an 
entire day of news programming to President Obama's health care plan.
  The network will shill for the administration on every program from 
``Good Morning America'' to ``World News Tonight'' to a prime-time town 
hall meeting broadcast from the White House.
  ABC will not devote time to an opposing viewpoint and refused to air 
ads critical of the administration's health care plan.
  I joined with dozens of other Members of Congress to send a letter to 
ABC News protesting this one-sided coverage. It is contrary to the 
journalistic code of ethics, which states that a journalist's duty is 
to seek truth and provide a fair and comprehensive account of events 
and issues.
  ABC should adhere to this code of ethics and abandon its plans to 
broadcast unfair and biased coverage of the health care debate.

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