Univision

Obama Berates, then Tasks, Univision’s Jorge Ramos on Immigration
Latino
December 10th, 2014 12:34 AM
President Obama and Univision anchor Jorge Ramos engaged in an early round of verbal sparring over the President’s record on immigration during a Noticiero Univision interview Tuesday. However, by the end of the interview, the President was back to enlisting Ramos as part of his team, tasking him with “making sure that people [unauthorized immigrants] understand what their opportunities are” as a…
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ABC-NBC-Telemundo-Univison Ignore Recovery of 30K Lost Lerner Emails
November 24th, 2014 8:25 PM
On Friday afternoon, it became known that as many as 30,000 emails belonging to former IRS official Lois Lerner that were thought to be lost had been recovered. When it came to reporting this story, however, English-language networks ABC and NBC plus Spanish-language networks Telemundo and Univision have punted on this story and offered no coverage through their Monday evening newscasts.
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Univision’s Jorge Ramos Claims Amnesty Victory, Demands More
Latino
November 21st, 2014 6:12 PM
The tone at the nation’s top Spanish-language television network was triumphant – and demanding – following President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty proclamation for upwards of 4 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States.
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CBS, NBC Parrot WH Argument on Past Precedent for Executive Amnesty
November 19th, 2014 10:38 PM
On Wednesday night, CBS and NBC promoted the White House talking point that previous presidential actions on immigration gives President Barack Obama the proper legal authority to enact executive amnesty the evening before a primetime address to the nation on the topic.
At no point during the coverage on either network did their reporters mention that this justification is being used despite…

On Univision, Rep. Gutierrez Tells Obama: It’s Time to Pay Up
Latino
November 19th, 2014 5:01 PM
Univision anchor Jorge Ramos was in full “advocate-in-chief” mode during his Al Punto talk show this week. In advance of President Obama’s executive orders suspending the application of standing federal statutes to millions of unauthorized immigrants to the United States, Ramos invited two top supporters of Obama’s plans to his program, with dissenting voices nowhere to be found.

Univision's Jorge Ramos Pre-Poisons Immigration Well
Latino
November 18th, 2014 3:51 PM
When asked about the ramifications of potential executive action on immigration, incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) suggested such action by President Barack Obama would "poison the well". McConnell need no longer concern himself with that eventuality, given a recent tweet by Univision's Jorge Ramos.

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Univision Segment Takes Potshots at Christianity
Latino
November 13th, 2014 5:10 PM
In its recent coverage of a speech Pope Francis delivered before the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Univision’s flagship national evening newscast made it seem as if the Roman Pontiff was the first in history to take science seriously.

Univision hace ver como si los cristianos se opusiesen a la ciencia
Latino
November 13th, 2014 3:43 PM
En su reciente cobertura de un discurso que el papa Francisco ofreció ante la Pontificia Academia de las Ciencias, el Noticiero Univisión hizo ver como si el Santo Padre fuese el primer papa en la historia que toma en serio la ciencia.
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ABC Continues Pushing ‘Astonishing’ Claim That Jesus Married With Kids
November 12th, 2014 8:51 PM
On Wednesday night, ABC News continued to promote a new book with the “astonishing” claim that Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalene and had two children together with a flattering one-and-a-half minute segment on ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir.
Anchor David Muir began by stating that it “has sparked a fiery debate among the faithful” while ABC News chief foreign correspondent Terry…
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Nets Omit Gruber Crediting ObamaCare Passage on 'Stupidity' of Voters
November 10th, 2014 10:03 PM
On Friday, the group American Commitment uploaded a video to YouTube of ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber telling a group of healthcare economists in 2013 that the “lack of transparency” regarding the bill’s contents and “the stupidity of the American voter” were critical to its passage through Congress in 2010.
Since the video was uploaded, the major English and Spanish broadcast networks of…

Univision’s Second Amendment Blind Spot
Latino
November 7th, 2014 7:41 PM
When it comes to gun control, Univision has typically been right in sync with the rest of the nation’s major broadcast networks, which is to say, it has consistently advocated for expanded restrictions on legal gun ownership.Univision anchor Jorge Ramos, in fact, has consistently argued against the individual right to keep and bear arms.

Univision: Chronicle of a Wave Foretold
Latino
November 4th, 2014 6:30 PM
The bulk of the national news media has been struggling to come to terms with what appears to be a Republican win in tonight’s election. Among them, Univision is no exception. In several instances, the nation’s leading Spanish-language television network has virtually resorted to outright pleas in order to move its viewership to the polls; ostensibly, to support Democratic candidates.
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Networks Ignore Hillary Clinton's Claim Businesses Don’t Create Jobs
October 28th, 2014 1:03 AM
As of Monday night, the major English and Spanish broadcast networks have blacked out all mention of remarks made by Hillary Clinton on Friday at a campaign event for Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley that businesses and corporations do not create jobs.
Speaking at the campaign event, Clinton told the audience that: “Don't let anybody tell you that, you know – it's…

Univisión trata con desdén a una defensora de la seguridad fronteriza
Latino
October 17th, 2014 4:11 PM
Univisión sigue con su larga y notoria historia de mostrar a los conservadores pro seguridad fronteriza bajo una luz desfavorable, sin importarles la solidez de sus propuestas, o el raciocinio en el cual se fundamentan. Uno de los ejemplos más recientes fue la cobertura que le dio Noticiero Univisión al debate entre candidatos por el escaño abierto de la Cámara de Representantes para el norte de…