Lamar Smith: “The liberal national media continues to downplay the IRS scandal. Last week, the IRS claimed it lost 2 years of emails…”

“The liberal national media continues to downplay the IRS scandal. Last week, the IRS claimed it lost 2 years of emails of former director Lois Lerner, which likely contained information about the agency's targeting of conservative organizations. One would think that this would be breaking news, but it took The Washington Post and The New York Times 4 days before they considered the missing emails newsworthy. This may be one reason why consumers are turning to social media for their news. What a dramatic shift from how these publications covered President Nixon's missing 18 minutes of audio tape. During Watergate, The Post and The Times' front pages and editorials almost daily criticized the Nixon administration's abuse of power. The liberal national media hasn't changed between Watergate and now. What has changed is the political party of the administration in power. ____________________”