[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12843-12844]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AMERICANS ARE ANGRY AT THE MEDIA

  (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, two-thirds of Americans say they are 
``angry'' at the national media, according to a new Rasmussen public 
opinion poll. The poll suggests that Americans are angry because of the 
national media's clear liberal bias.
  By a margin of more than 3-1, Americans say the average reporter is 
more liberal than they are, rather than more conservative. By almost 
the same margin, Americans think reporters are trying to help President 
Obama pass his agenda. Seven in 10 say most reporters try to help the 
candidate they want to win. And a majority think employees would hide 
information that might hurt a candidate they wanted to win.
  Americans will continue to be angry until the national media report 
the facts and stop telling the American people what to think.

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