Lamar Smith: Liberal Media Bias The Greatest Threat We Face in America

Congressman addresses Internews media bias & the FCC proposal. By Mike Ciandella Media bias is a greater threat than terrorism according to Cong. Lamar Smith. I do not think the government should be funding any kind of journalism" said Smith who heads the Media Fairness Caucus on Capitol Hill. The Business and Media Institute interviewed Rep. Smith about Internews the liberal journalism group which has gotten more than $364 million in funding from the U.S. government through the State Department and USAID. Internews also received $1.7 million from liberal billionaire George Soros. Smith went on to discuss the potential dangers come with a biased media.

The greatest threat we face in America is not necessarily a terrorist attack not necessarily a recession or economic calamity. I think the greatest threat we face in America is a liberal biased media. And the reason I think a biased media is such a great threat is because if they dont give the American people the facts if all they do is give the American people their opinions then the American people dont have the facts in which to make good decisions. If the American people dont have the facts on which to make good decisions we will lose our form of government we will lose our democracy."

We have an independent media or we should independent press freedom of speech constitutional rights and the government should stay out of the media business" Smith said. Smith also stressed that the government doesnt have its own money to spend a notion that is often lost on those in Washington. There is no such thing as a government dollar there are only taxpayer dollars. These are hard earned dollars that have been acquired by and gathered by and demanded by the IRS." In a previous interview with BMI Smith had called the governments funding of Internews inexcusable and irresponsible." Mike Ciandella is Staff Writer/Analyst for the Business & Media Institute at the Media Research Center.