[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19925]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                MEDIA BIAS POSES A THREAT TO OUR COUNTRY

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                            HON. LAMAR SMITH

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 9, 2015

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, media bias poses one of the greatest 
threats to our country.
  The liberal national media should provide the American people with 
the facts, not tell them what to think. If voters don't have the facts, 
they can't make good decisions. And if they can't make good decisions, 
our democratic form of government is at risk.
  Media bias exists everywhere--from the front pages of influential 
newspapers to daily network newscasts to slanted social media posts. 
``News'' stories have now become opinion pieces.
  The liberal national media ignore events that would be scandals if 
they involved conservatives. Consider how little follow-up there has 
been of the politicizing of the IRS, the deaths of four Americans in 
Benghazi, the illegal immigration amnesties, the secret terms of the 
Iran deal, and the videos of unborn babies' organs being sold.
  In short, media bias affects almost every issue that Americans care 
about.

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