[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13586]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            LOOKING BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF THE NATIONAL MEDIA

  (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 are getting a look behind 
the curtain of the national media, and the view isn't pretty. In recent 
weeks, leaked email messages from an online meeting place for reporters 
called JournoList have revealed some journalists' true colors.
  It has come to light that in 2008 a group of journalists tried to 
protect then-Senator Barack Obama from a scandal that threatened his 
Presidential campaign, according to messages obtained by The Daily 
Caller. Journalists from Time, Politico, The Baltimore Sun, and The New 
Republic, among others, expressed outrage about questions regarding 
Reverend Jeremiah Wright that Senator Obama received during a debate. 
The journalists then collaborated to shield Senator Obama from the 
controversy, The Daily Caller reported.
  It's no wonder a recent poll found that two-thirds of Americans say 
they are ``angry'' at the national media. The national media should 
give Americans the facts, not try to rig an election.

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