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Rep. Patrick Kennedy Rips Media

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Rep. Patrick KennedyU.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy was livid with rage speaking in Congress as he gave a withering assessment of news media coverage calling the national press corps 'despicable.'

If anybody wants to know where cynicism is, cynicism is one, two press people in this gallery. We're talking about Eric Massa twenty four seven on the TV. We're talking about war and peace $3 billion, a thousand lives, and NO PRESS. You want to know why the American public is fit?

Because they're not seeing their Congress do the work they're sent to do. It's because the press of the United States is not covering the most significant issue of national importance and that's the laying of lives down for the service of our country

The Democrat says reporters are focusing '24/7' on sexual harassment allegations against a New York lawmaker while ignoring the war in Afghanistan.