[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15583-15584]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  POLL: MEDIA BIAS THREATENS DEMOCRACY

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House

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for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, media bias is a direct threat to our 
democracy.
  When the media doesn't report the facts or reports them in a biased 
manner, Americans can't make good decisions. If Americans can't make 
good decisions, our democracy is at risk.
  Americans understand this. A recent USA Today/Suffolk University poll 
found that a majority of Americans believe the media poses a threat to 
our democracy. Due to its bias, particularly over the last few months, 
the national media has lost much of its credibility. In fact, the same 
poll found that less than 8 percent of voters trust the Big Three 
networks to provide fair and balanced coverage of the news.
  Americans agree, the liberal national media is neither objective nor 
trustworthy.

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