Media Bias, Putin's Common Sense

MEDIA BIAS, PUTIN'S COMMON SENSE -- (House of Representatives - July 13, 2004)

(Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, leave it to the former head of the KGB to inject a little common sense into the American political race, and leave it to the partisan American media to ignore it.

During the recent G-8 Summit in Georgia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said to a gathering news media: "I am deeply convinced that President Bush's political adversaries have no moral right to attack him over Iraq." I did not find this quote in the New York Times or The Washington Post because they refused to report it. I did not find it broadcast on CBS, NBC, or ABC News either. I found this quote in China Daily, straight from Beijing.

We could have found the same quote in some Russian publications as well, including Pravda and the British-based Reuters News Service. But we could not find that quote in the American media except for one outlet, CBN.

It is a sorry day for American journalism when they find themselves out-balanced by their counterparts in Communist China and Russia. It is a new low for partisan media bias.

In conclusion, may God bless our troops, and we will never forget September 11.