[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6753]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            AMERICANS DESERVE THE FULL STORY ON IMMIGRATION

  (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, Americans deserve accurate stories 
about immigration issues, but the national media prevent that from 
happening.
  Too often, the media only feature stories that support their bias, 
that include more quotes from pro-amnesty sources than pro-enforcement 
sources, and they prey on emotions while ignoring facts. These articles 
paint a one-sided sympathetic picture of illegal immigrants, but fail 
to acknowledge they intentionally broke our laws, burdened taxpayers, 
and displaced legal workers.
  For example, five out of six immigration stories in the New York 
Times over a recent 2-week period were obviously slanted. The same was 
true of six out of eight immigration articles in the Washington Post. 
Americans deserve better, and should insist that the media provide all 
the facts and not just give one side.

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