Lamar Smith: “There are lots of reasons why the national media leans liberal. Surely, reporters' political party affiliation explains…”

“There are lots of reasons why the national media leans liberal. Surely, reporters' political party affiliation explains some of their bias. A new study of the media by two Indiana University professors found that among journalists who choose a side, Democrats outnumber Republicans by four to one. Maybe that explains why the liberal national media have largely ignored the IRS and Benghazi scandals, dismissed climate change skeptics, and sugarcoated ObamaCare. It shouldn't surprise us that journalists have removed from their code of ethics the requirement that their ``news reports should be free of opinion or bias and represent all sides of the issue.'' Isn't it incredible that it has been removed from the journalists' code of ethics? The media should give the American people the facts, not tell them what to think. ____________________”