[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3606]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     POLL: MEDIA HAS TOO MUCH POWER

  (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 know that liberal media 
bias is a major problem in our country.
  A recent Rasmussen poll found that Americans believe media bias is a 
bigger problem in politics than large campaign contributions. It also 
found that a large majority of Americans, 66 percent, believe the news 
media has too much power and influence over government decisions.
  A Media Research Center analysis of The New York Times provides an 
example. MRC found that, since last August, The New York Times has 
never characterized Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders as being hard-
line or hard-left. In contrast, Republican candidates have been labeled 
as hard-line 45 times and hard-right 13 times. That is 58-0.
  Americans will continue to view the media as a problem until it 
provides fair and balanced coverage. The media should give the American 
people the facts, not tell them what to think.

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