[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3514]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MEDIA IGNORES DISMISSAL

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                            HON. LAMAR SMITH

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 21, 2016

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the national liberal media routinely 
ignore scandals that involve Democrats and fail to provide all the 
facts when a Republican is involved.
  In 2014, the media hyped the indictment of Texas Governor Rick Perry. 
According to the Media Research Center, ABC, CBS and NBC spent 25 
minutes on the subject over the course of two days.
  Governor Perry's charges recently were dismissed. This significant 
event was not covered by any of the three networks' evening news shows 
or their morning news shows. Not a single minute.
  Apparently, when it comes to a high profile Republican, only the 
alleged bad news counts.
  The media's bias is obvious. Maybe that's why 60 percent of Americans 
have little or no confidence in the national media to report the news 
fully, accurately and fairly, according to Gallup.

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