[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16030]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               MEDIACRATS

  (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, we need a new word for the 
dictionary, a new term for the merger of the liberal media and the 
Democratic Party.
  Obviously, the liberal media have no intention of treating President-
elect Trump objectively or fairly. They want to continue to link arms 
with the Democrats. This is no surprise, given that 96 percent of 
national reporters' contributions went to Hillary Clinton.
  As chairman of the Media Fairness Caucus, here is my proposal: let's 
combine the two words--``media'' and ``Democrat''--and go with 
``mediacrat.'' It is short; it gives the media first mention; and it 
sounds like a new species. Now, I realize the liberal media is not 
likely to use this word ``mediacrat'' very often, but there are two 
reasons for them to do so--first, to show they have a sense of humor, 
and, second, to show they have a sense of humility.
  I think most Americans would be happy if the liberal media didn't 
display their bias every time they covered the President-elect. Maybe 
the mediacrats should try balanced reporting. It surely would help 
their credibility.

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