[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4511-4512]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         A TALE OF TWO RALLIES

  (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, the national media gave a sharply 
contrasting tale of two weekend rallies.
  A gathering of thousands opposing the administration's health care 
scheme drew overwhelmingly negative coverage. The Washington Post front 
page described it as a ``hideous display.'' CBS said the health care 
debate ``turned even nastier at the rallies.'' ABC called the 
protesters ``angry'' and ``ugly.'' A Newsweek correspondent described 
the protesters as ``an angry mob.'' To anyone there, all these 
descriptions were obviously untrue.
  In contrast, an immigration-amnesty rally over the weekend received 
positive coverage. The Washington Post

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said ``the festive crowd beat drums and waved American flags.'' CNN 
said protesters came out to ``support the Obama administration in its 
next big battle.'' The New York Times said protesters were there to 
``vent'' and that ``most flew American flags overhead.''
  The national media should give Americans unslanted news, not favor 
rallies that support their liberal agendas.

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