[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2674]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  NETWORKS WIN LAP DOG AWARD FOR IGNORING CORRUPTION AT LIBERAL GROUP

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                            HON. LAMAR SMITH

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, February 18, 2011

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, ABC, CBS, and NBC are the winners of 
this week's Media Fairness Caucus ``Lap Dog Award'' for biased news 
coverage.
  Undercover videos released earlier this month show employees of 
Planned Parenthood, a taxpayer-funded liberal group, giving advice on 
how to obtain abortions for underage girls and circumvent sex crime 
laws.
  All three television networks ignored the controversy for an entire 
week. ABC and NBC still have not devoted any coverage to the story, 
according to a Lexis-Nexis search.
  Can you imagine if it were discovered that a conservative group was 
willing to aid and abet the sexual exploitation of minors? It would be 
all over the news.
  The national media should give Americans the facts, not ignore them.

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