One of the fundamental pillars of the liberal plantation is a diversity that practically does not extend beyond skin tone, ethnic origin and sexual orientation - beyond which there is apparently no room for further diversity, least of all diversity of thought.
It is no secret that progressive thought leaders and media institutions are most threatened by dissident, conservative minority voices, and move to silence them whenever possible. Recall, for example, Univision’s 2011 vicious (but ultimately unsuccessful) war against Senator Marco Rubio, and before that, the disgraceful filibuster of the judicial nomination of Miguel Estrada. Recent events remind us that very little has changed since.
During recent coverage of Univision, we linked to a Variety report on the network’s recent fourth-quarter loss which, per the second paragraph, is driven by its radio division, Univision America. Missing from the report is the fact that Univision America recently took its two top non-liberal hosts off th
e air.
Journalist Helen Aguirre-Ferré is well-known as a fair-minded voice of moderation and balance when discussing policy issues, but was unceremoniously ousted from her 4 - 6 p.m. ET time slot last month, without the slightest bit of heads-up for her listeners. She was the sole weekday host who regularly included conservative viewpoints. In her stead, listeners now get to enjoy an additional dose of self-help guru and Michelle Obama BFF Doctora Isabel.
Also gone from Univision America is Alfonso Aguilar, Executive Director of the American Principles Project’s Latino Partnership, whose Saturday talk show endured a similar fate to that of Aguirre-Ferré’s Zona Política (“Political Zone”).
Both hosts are actually supportive of comprehensive immigration reform, and are well within the mainstream of the center-right ideological spectrum, but evidently ran counter to the company line, which is ever more clearly aligned within the Obama-Clinton progressive orbit.
Univision senior anchor Jorge Ramos recently complained about being potentially “silenced”. Perhaps Mr. Ramos would be better served by taking a hard look at the silencing going on within his own company.
