[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9296]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            IS NEWSWEEK THE CANARY IN THE LIBERAL COAL MINE?

  (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 Washington Post Company is 
trying to sell Newsweek because the magazine is losing money, according 
to news reports.
  In response, The Weekly Standard wrote that ``not only has Newsweek 
suffered from its online competition, it seems to have done everything 
within its power to hasten its own demise.
  ``During the 2008 presidential election, for example, its fawningly 
voluminous coverage of Barack Obama made it something of a journalistic 
laughingstock, and certainly affirmed every weary accusation of liberal 
bias in the mainstream media.''
  The Standard wrote that Newsweek's recent overhaul was ``designed to 
create a left-wing journal of opinion.''
  The American Spectator called Newsweek, ``The Canary in the Liberal 
Coal Mine'' and outlined the magazine's history of liberal bias.
  Maybe Newsweek's biased reporting didn't cause its downfall, but it 
certainly didn't help.

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