Political Quotes

“last night, ABC Nightly News in the height of irresponsibility reported that the Department of Justice is ``investigating Speaker Hastert.'' That report has been denied by both parties. Such a blatant falsehood comes at a time when the Speaker of the House has reached out to work with our friends on the other side of the aisle to ensure that the separation of powers within the Constitution is fully upheld. It is sad to say that at a time of declining and questionable journalistic standards, with an increasingly shrill and partisan ideological media, at a time when national news broadcasts seem to have more of the flavor of entertainment than hard news, ABC News has written a sad new chapter in the annals of yellow journalism. I support a free press. I believe it is a fundamental institution that is central to a free society. But ABC News, Madam Speaker, has, at a stroke, reduced the credibility of our national media. Mr. Hastert's reputation, however, remains impeccable among those of us who have had the privilege of working with him. ____________________”