Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell and MRC Latino Director Ken Oliver-Mendez issued the following statements in the wake of Univision/Fusion anchor Jorge Ramos’ crass abandonment last night of professional journalism standards and protocol.
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By Jorge Bonilla | August 26, 2015 | 2:23 PM EDT
Tuesday night’s surreal exchange between Univision/Fusion anchor Jorge Ramos and GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump was the greatest single example of what happens at the intersection of journalism, agenda advocacy, political partisanship, and special business interests.
By Kyle Drennen | August 26, 2015 | 12:28 PM EDT
At the top of Wednesday’s NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer described how Univision anchor Jorge Ramos was “kicked out of a Donald Trump news conference” on Tuesday and wondered: “Can Trump’s confrontational style carry him all the way to the White House or will it wear thin with voters?” Peter Alexander proclaimed: “To be clear, Jorge Ramos is the most powerful newsman in Spanish-language TV. He's often called the Walter Cronkite of Latino America.”
By Curtis Houck | August 26, 2015 | 2:54 AM EDT
In the first major network news program since 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump sparred with liberal Fusion/Univision anchor Jorge Ramos at a press conference on the subject of illegal immigration, ABC’s Nightline was there to circle the wagons for their Disney partner and “America’s best known Latino anchorman.”
By Curtis Houck | August 25, 2015 | 11:44 PM EDT
In the epic multi-part battle on Tuesday night that social media and every cable news outlet were talking about, 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sparred with Fusion/Univision anchor Jorge Ramos over illegal immigration with Ramos being removed then allowed back into a press conference prior to a campaign rally in Iowa.
By Curtis Houck | August 25, 2015 | 10:19 PM EDT
On Tuesday night, CBS and NBC teamed with Spanish-language networks Telemundo and Univision to hide from their viewers news that U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy has been using a private e-mail server to conduct government business and send sensitive material. Surprisingly, ABC’s World News Tonight stepped up to the plate with a scant 50-second report on this new e-mail scandal by chief White House correspondent and a lead in by fill-in anchor and Clinton Foundation donor George Stephanopoulos.
By MRC Latino Staff | August 24, 2015 | 9:46 PM EDT
La primera boda gay masiva ha puesto a todo el mundo de fiesta en Puerto Rico. O al menos esta es la conclusión a la que llegaría cualquiera que confíe y dependa de Univisión para recibir un servicio noticioso preciso.
NBC Oozes That Biden Rumors Have ‘Electrified the Political World’; ABC Skips Hillary’s E-Mail Scandal
By Curtis Houck | August 24, 2015 | 9:38 PM EDT NBC Nightly News continued on Monday to sing the accolades of Vice President Joe Biden amid rumors of a possible 2016 presidential run, declaring that he’s “electrified the political world” as he met with “liberal icon Elizabeth Warren,” while ABC’s World News Tonight ignored declared candidate Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal. NBC's Peter Alexander began his report by gushing: “Talk about a full plate. Two not so secret lunches in three days for Joe Biden. First with liberal icon Elizabeth Warren.”
By MRC Latino Staff | August 24, 2015 | 9:11 PM EDT
The first mass gay wedding in Puerto Rico has everyone in party mode. Or at least that’s the conclusion anyone would come to if they trust and rely on Univision to provide them with accurate news.
By Jorge Bonilla | August 24, 2015 | 6:20 PM EDT
From time to time we cover the tweets of Univision/Fusion anchor Jorge Ramos. An examination of his timeline provides greater depth of understanding of his biases, much more so than can be gleaned from within the constraints of a heavily produced and formatted half-hour evening newscast or weekly talk show.
By Ken Oliver-Méndez | August 23, 2015 | 5:47 PM EDT
Una campaña patrocinada por Planned Parenthood para revocar las leyes anti-aborto vigentes en Perú recibió una cobertura favorable y parcializada en el principal noticiero nacional vespertino de Univisión.
By Curtis Houck | August 20, 2015 | 11:49 PM EDT
In the on and off saga that is the liberal media’s coverage of Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal, the “big three” of ABC, CBS and NBC plus Spanish-language network Telemundo largely skipped on Thursday night the latest developments regarding the investigation into her e-mail aside from a vague reference on NBC and 26 seconds on Univision.