Get ready for the spin on President Obama’s immigration overhaul!
Here is Univision’s star anchor Jorge Ramos on November 16:
…and let's not forget that it was @SpeakerBoehner and the Republicans who blocked immigration reform in the House.
— JORGE RAMOS (@jorgeramosnews) November 16, 2014
It'll be difficult for Republicans to reject executive action on immigration and not to be seen as anti-immigrant and anti-Latino.
— JORGE RAMOS (@jorgeramosnews) November 16, 2014
Really? Except NBC’s latest poll that we reported on earlier today shows that Latinos are divided on the plan as well. Are these anti-Latino, anti-immigrant Latinos?
And keep in mind Univision, who likes to portray themselves as unbiased on the subject of immigration, is far from it. The Miami Herald’s Marc Caputo tweets:
Because that's how you portray them MT @jorgeramosnews: It'll be difficult for Republicans…not to be seen as anti-immigrant/anti-Latino
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) November 19, 2014
Bingo!
Caputo and the Herald have long chronicled Univision’s lack of impartiality on immigration and the GOP. Some examples:
Hillary Clinton’s Univision ties met with near-silence in media; ‘pay-to-play’ claim from GOP
Univision shows bias, negotiation tactics in New Yorker piece on Marco Rubio, immigration
Tune in tomorrow night for more!
Editor’s note: This post has been update to include text accidentally omitted from the final post.
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