MRC Latino

The drums of war continue to beat on Telemundo. NBC’s Spanish-language sister affiliate, fresh from yesterday’s scaremongering, sought a victim for today’s “impact on the families” story, ahead of potential troop movements to the Middle East. But they got a lot more than what they expected.

La cobertura que los principales medios de comunicación otorgaron al excomandante del IRGC Qassem Soleimani se asemeja a la que recibió el exlíder del cártel de Sinaloa Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. Es decir, reverencial hasta el punto de la elegía. Y como muestra Telemundo, con la mejor disposición de repetir los puntos de conversación del régimen.

The coverage accorded to formerly-alive IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani by the mainstream media mirrors that given to former Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. That is, reverential to the point of elegy. And as Telemundo shows, a willingness to parrot the regime’s talking points.

The first Sunday of 2020 offered no shortage of things to be discussed on the nation’s Sunday public affairs shows. However, Univision took the opportunity to show how committed it is to immigration advocacy, and how disconnected from the public it claims to serve.

Univisión no cesa de asombrar por su  asombrosa capacidad para torcer cualquier buena noticia relacionada con el gobierno de Trump y adaptarla a su agenda política. 

En intento vano por ganarse la simpatía de su audiencia femenina, Telemundo presentó un informe sobre las llamadas "Tres comadres del impeachment", las tres congresistas hispanas en el Comité Judicial de la Cámara de Representantes.

Remember Twister, the game that ties you up in knots? That is a perfect way to describe Univision News’ ability to twist any good news related to the Trump Administration to fit its political agenda. One recent report about a new healthcare plan for persons in U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) custody along the Southwest Border is such an example.

As the 2010s wind down to a close, MRC Latino recounts the Worst of The Decade from our nation’s domestic Spanish-language media. In this installment we take a look back at some of the most blatantly biased coverage to emerge from the leading Spanish-language network.

In a cheap play for the sympathy of their female audience, Telemundo featured a report on the so-called “Three Comadres of Impeachment” -the three Hispanic congresswomen on the House Judiciary Committee. 

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sat down with Univision’s Enrique Acevedo as part of the run-up to the trial of President Donald Trump before the United States Senate. In addition to negotiating the rules of the trial in Public, Schumer was all too happy to pander to Hispanics’ respect for the Rule of Law.

Univisión recientemente prestó mucha atención a los esfuerzos de Latinos for Trump, un grupo nacional que tiene como objetivo reclutar 2 millones de voluntarios para ayudar a registrar a los hispanos conservadores antes de las elecciones presidenciales de 2020.

Following mainstream liberal media’s lead, Telemundo injected a massive dose of pro-Democrat histrionics to their coverage of the impeachment proceedings- vilifying anything related to President Trump while sanctifying the Democrats, and Nancy Pelosi in particular. 

Univision’s senior anchor Jorge Ramos is known for opposing most, if not all, enforcement of the U.S. southern border as part of part of the nation’s immigration policy. His most recent episode on Facebook Watch makes clear that enforcement of the northern border is off limits, too.

Univision recently paid a lot of attention to the efforts of Latinos for Trump, a nationwide group that aims to recruit 2 million volunteers to help register conservative Hispanics before the 2020 presidential election. The network dedicated over nine minutes of sound bites between three of their news programs – Despierta America, Noticiero Univision and Fusion´s UNews – and their web page, to…