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Señor Trotsky |
Why the Hispanic Media Are Biased and What to Do About It
March 31, 2014
In one of the most interesting exchanges leading up to the 2012 presidential election, an anchor made a name for himself by challenging President Barack Obama to defend his record on immigration. At the height of the tense exchange, the anchor pressed the president to explain why he hadn’t fulfilled his promise to enact comprehensive immigration reform: “You promised that….And a promise is a promise….And with all due respect, you did not keep that promise.”
That was Jorge Ramos, the anchor for Univision’s nightly news broadcast. And although he may not be as well-known as other television personalities, Matt Drudge of the influential Drudge Report recently described Ramos in a tweet like this: “Jorge Ramos—the last journalist standing. Warning to politicians: If you see him…RUN!”
But for millions of Americans, Jorge Ramos was already a household name prior to that presidential forum. In fact, Ramos is more of a folk hero to millions of Hispanics who tune into his broadcast every evening: A study conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center few years ago on leaders in the Latino community ranked Ramos along side other luminaries such as Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
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