[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15826]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     MEDIA SHOULD REPORT THE FACTS

  (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, Americans are frustrated because 
they know that many of the news stories they read are actually opinion 
pieces. If the facts do not fit the liberal world view, dissent is 
silenced, and the result is one-sided and often misleading.
  The Pew Research Center found that a majority of Americans--59 
percent--reject the idea that reporters should add their own opinions 
to their news stories. Americans believe that the media's 
responsibility is to present the facts, not ignore them. The media has 
work to do to repair the self-inflicted damage to its credibility over 
the last few months. Distrust of the national media will continue until 
the media provides the American people with the facts instead of 
telling them what to think.

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