[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18586]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 MEDIA COVERAGE OF DREAM ACT ONE-SIDED

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                            HON. LAMAR SMITH

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 1, 2010

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, during the lame duck session, 
Democrats in Congress want to pass the DREAM Act, which uses taxpayer 
dollars to give illegal immigrants amnesty and in-state tuition at 
public universities.
  The national media are doing their best to help.
  For example, out of 13 recent articles regarding the DREAM Act in The 
Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Los Angeles Times, 11 were 
overwhelmingly one-sided and sympathetic to illegal immigrants.
  That means 85% were biased.
  In one such article, the term ``conservative'' was used to describe 
opponents of the legislation, but not one of the left-wing amnesty 
groups or activists mentioned in the article was described as 
``liberal.''
  The national media should give Americans all the facts about 
immigration, not just one side.

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