[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26083]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            WITHOUT FOX NEWS, YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD . . .

  (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 White House plays favorites with 
the media. They attack one cable news network for telling the truth and 
reward another for giving the President a free pass.
  The White House recently said Fox News won't get equal access to 
administration officials. Just days later, the President invited 
liberal news hosts from rival network MSNBC to the White House for a 
private, off-the-record meeting. The reason for the double standard is 
that while MSNBC acts as a shill for the President, Fox reports the 
stories that the national media ignore.
  For example, without Fox News, you might not have heard about the 
recent ACORN scandal. You might not have heard about the troubling 
political associations of the President's former green jobs czar, which 
eventually led to his resignation. And you might not have heard that 
the President's communications director said Chairman Mao is one of her 
favorite political philosophers.
  The White House should treat all news organizations with 
professionalism, not just the ones that give them a free pass.

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