[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1673]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   NETWORKS BOOST SO-CALLED STIMULUS

  (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, network news coverage of the 
administration's so-called stimulus package has been overwhelmingly 
one-sided, according to a recent analysis by the Business and Media 
Institute. Since the President signed it into law a year ago, ABC, CBS, 
and NBC have featured supporters of the stimulus over those who oppose 
it by a margin of 2 to 1. Incredibly, about half of the network news 
reports have shown no opposing opinions about the stimulus bill.
  Americans are not buying the media's spin. Three out of four say the 
stimulus money has been wasted, and only 6 percent think it has created 
jobs, according to a CBS/New York Times poll. In fact, 3.3 million jobs 
have been lost since the stimulus was signed.
  The national media should give Americans the facts about jobs; not 
tell them what to think.

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