[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17461]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       UNINFORMED OR MISINFORMED

  (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, Mark Twain once said, ``If you don't 
read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper, 
you are misinformed.''
  Both might be true for those who rely on the national media for all 
the facts. For example, you might not know that the unemployment rate 
jumped to 9.5 percent last month, the highest rate in almost 30 years.
  Or that the Vice President this week admitted the Obama 
administration misread the economy.
  Or that President Obama has given more than a dozen ambassadorships 
to individuals who raised a total of over $4 million for his campaign.
  Or that while the media report that 46 million people lack health 
insurance, there really are only 10 million people who can't afford or 
can't get health insurance.
  The national media should report all the facts so Americans are not 
uninformed or misinformed about major issues.

                          ____________________