Representative Lamar Smith on Media Bias

Oct 23, 2009

Accuracy in Media

Accuracy in Media, a self-described conservative media watchdog group, hosted its 40th annual conference. Representative Lamar Smith talked about what he perceives as media bias in coverage of the health care debate. He responded to questions from the audience following his remarks.
Accuracy in Media, a self-described conservative media watchdog group, hosted its 40th annual conference. Representative Lamar Smith talked about what he perceives as media bias in coverage of the health care debate. He responded to questions from the audience following his remarks.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:06 Unidentified Speaker YOU CAN WATCH ALL OF THIS BRIEFING ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG. WE'LL LEAVE NOW AS THE CONFERENCE, THE ACCURACY...
00:00:22 Unidentified Speaker JUST AS A QUICK MATTER OF HOUSEKEEPING, IF YOU HAVE CELL PHONES, PLEASE USE THEM TURN THEM OFF ON...
00:02:15 Unidentified Speaker DON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT NICE INTRODUCTION. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK AIM, ACCURACY IN MEDIA,...
00:15:41 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. [APPLAUSE]
00:15:42 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE MICROPHONE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM AND THEN IDENTIFY YOURSELF. WE'VE...
00:15:51 Unidentified Speaker CONGRESSMAN, IS THIS MIC ON BY THE WAY?
00:15:56 Unidentified Speaker ALL RIGHT. CONGRESSMAN, I'M WES VERNON I DO A COLUMN, SOMETIMES WRITE FOR AIM. I'M INTERESTED IN...
00:16:22 Unidentified Speaker YEP.
00:16:23 Unidentified Speaker AND ALSO THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE, QUOTE-UNQUOTE, BY WHATEVER NAME THEY CALL IT. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET...
00:16:39 Unidentified Speaker I'LL BE HAPPY TO. LET ME FIRST OF ALL SPEAK TO THE ISSUE YOURSELF AND YOU'RE RIGHT TO BE CONCERNED....
00:17:41 Unidentified Speaker BY THE WAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY DEMOCRATS IN THAT CAUCUS?
00:17:44 Unidentified Speaker I'M SORRY?
00:17:45 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU HAVE ANY DEMOCRATS IN THIS CAUCUS?
00:17:48 Unidentified Speaker DEMOCRATS ARE WELCOMED BUT SO FAR IT'S ONLY REPUBLICANS. IF WE COULD ENTICE SOME DEMOCRATS WHO BELIEVE...
00:18:00 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:18:01 Unidentified Speaker WILL SPEAKER PELOSI ALLOW THAT?
00:18:06 Unidentified Speaker YEAH, GOOD QUESTION. I'M SURE WHOEVER JOINED US WOULD GET A STERN CALL.
00:18:09 Unidentified Speaker SHE MAY CALL YOU A NAZI SO BE CAREFUL.
00:18:16 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE A FEW GRAY HAIRS IN MY HEAD AND I REMEMBER THE DAY WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE FOURTH STATE AS...
00:19:54 Unidentified Speaker I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. WE NEED TO CREATE MORE ORGANIZATIONS. THE MORE THE BETTER. EVERY ORGANIZATION...
00:21:04 Unidentified Speaker THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T HAVE GIANT KILLERS. WE GOT THE VAN JONES GIANTS KILLER SITTING NEXT TO...
00:21:13 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:21:15 Unidentified Speaker THEY ARE AROUND.
00:21:17 Unidentified Speaker WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO JUST TO GO BACK TO FOX FOR A MINUTE WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE GREEN CZAR. I BET THE...
00:21:41 Unidentified Speaker WOULD YOU EVER PICKED A FORMER RODEO CLOWN TO BE -- TO MAKE ALL OF THAT HAPPEN?
00:21:44 Unidentified Speaker WOULD I WHAT?
00:21:47 Unidentified Speaker WITH GLENN BECK?
00:21:49 Unidentified Speaker RADIO IS A GOOD PLACE TO START AND GET HELP FROM GLENN BECK AND OTHERS AS WELL.
00:21:54 Unidentified Speaker GLENN BECK IS A FORM RODEO CLUB. WE WESTERNERS CALL IT RO-DARROW. -- RODEO.
00:22:02 Unidentified Speaker WE NEED TO MOVE ALONG IF IT WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FROM BEHIND.
00:22:10 Unidentified Speaker HI, MY NAME IS CARY. I'M HERE REPRESENTING HERE AND I HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST IN MAINTAINING ACCURACY...
00:22:27 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:22:28 Unidentified Speaker THAT CALLS OUT THE MEDIA BIAS. BECAUSE IN MY OPINION -- OR LIKE I WAS JUST WONDERING A LITTLE BIT...
00:22:43 Unidentified Speaker WELL, LET ME MENTION THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT HAS REAL POTENTIAL. I ACTUALLY MET WITH AN INDIVIDUAL...
00:24:29 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:24:30 Unidentified Speaker WELL, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE CONGRESSMAN ON SCHEDULE. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND THAT...
00:24:45 Unidentified Speaker I'D INVITE OUR NEXT PANELIST

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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