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Lamar Smith: The American people have lost faith in the liberal national media, and we know why. They tell the American people what…

On the recordSeptember 6, 2017
The American people have lost faith in the liberal national media, and we know why. They tell the American people what to think rather than report the facts in an unbiased manner. A new NBC Marist Poll revealed that two-thirds of Americans trust the media not very much or not at all. A Morning Consult/Politico poll found that 41 percent of registered voters have more trust in their local news outlets than the national media to report the truth, compared to only 27 percent who said the national media. And a Quinnipiac poll showed that an astounding 55 percent of Americans disapprove of the way the news media covers President Trump. The national media's endless drumbeat of negative coverage of the Trump administration has come with a cost: the loss of trust of the American people. If the media want to improve their credibility, they should report the news fairly and without bias. ____________________
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Lamar Smith
Republican · Texas
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Sep 6, 2017

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