[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14204]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 POLL: AMERICANS SEE LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS

  (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, unfortunately, these last few months 
have demonstrated how far the national media will go to promote a 
liberal agenda. Polls continue to show Americans' trust in the media is 
at an all-time low. Instead of providing objective and fair coverage of 
the news, the media provided one-sided stories that further damaged 
their credibility.
  A recent Suffolk University/USA Today poll found that, by a nearly 
10-to-1 ratio, Americans believe that the major newspapers and TV 
stations favored the Democratic candidate for President over the 
Republican candidate. Americans of all political affiliations know that 
the national media strongly leans to the left. Unfortunately, it has 
leaned too far for too long and has fallen off the credibility cliff.
  We need to remind the media of their profound obligation to provide 
the American people with the facts, not tell them what to think.

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