[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12953]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  AMERICANS DON'T TRUST NATIONAL 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. Madam Speaker, it's hard to find any organization 
that is less trusted than the national media. Just 8 percent of 
Americans trust the media, according to a new Zogby public opinion 
poll. Eighty-eight percent say they have little or no trust in the 
media--by far the worst rating of any organization mentioned. In 
comparison, the poll found that Americans trust major high-tech 
companies and even the social networking Web site Facebook more.
  This is the latest of many recent polls showing the public has lost 
faith in the national media. If the media want to restore Americans' 
trust, they should stop the liberal spin and report the facts.

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