[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14092]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        DON'T BELIEVE 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, the liberal media tried to destroy 
Donald Trump. Instead, they destroyed their own credibility. Their 
extreme bias is provable.
  The network media's coverage of Mr. Trump was 91 percent negative, 
and 96 percent of campaign contributions from journalists went to 
Hillary Clinton.
  By a 10 to 1 ratio, the American people felt the media were trying to 
elect Mrs. Clinton. A Gallup Poll found that the people's trust in the 
media has hit a record low.
  Has the media learned any lessons? Will they show any humility? Will 
they now try to be objective? Not likely, given the last few days' 
headlines and commentaries.
  Until news reporters give the American people the facts rather than 
expressing their own opinions, there is no reason to believe what they 
say or write.

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