[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2863]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     AMERICANS SAY MEDIA ARE BIASED

  (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. Madam Speaker, more than seven in ten Americans 
say that news sources are biased, according to a recent survey by the 
Pew Research Center. This opinion is consistent across party lines. 
Eight in ten Republicans say the news is slanted, as do two-thirds of 
the Democrats and three-quarters of the Independents. Not surprisingly, 
this is the fifth recent poll that has found Americans don't trust the 
media.
  The reason is simple: On important issues like job creation, 
government spending, treatment of terrorists, and the Senate 
reconciliation procedure, the national media present the news from a 
liberal point of view.
  If the media wants to restore Americans' trust, they should report 
all the facts, not just one side.

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