Los Angeles-based Estrella TV’s coverage of the Trump administration's latest immigration proposal is so off base and inflammatory that it makes Univision look like a paragon of journalistic virtue in comparison.
There could hardly be a more glaring contrast between Estrella's national evening newscast anchor, Adriana Yañez, who tars Jared as the White House's new "anti-immigrant czar" with a "racist proposal" and Univision's Jorge Ramos on the same subject.
ADRIANA YANEZ, ANCHOR, NOTICIERO ESTRELLA TV: And Donald Trump’s son-in-law wants to become the White House’s anti-immigrant czar. His racist proposal, with which he expects to solve the border crisis, will be introduced next week. Armando Guzmán brings us all the details.
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JORGE RAMOS, SENIOR NEWS ANCHOR, UNIVISION: President Trump could receive a new immigration proposal. Its main author is his son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner, who summed up the plan’s general ideas in a recent interview. Janet Rodríguez tells us what they are, and how Democrats might react.
Estrella once again wins the wins the prize for being the most over-the-top biased, misinformation network in American Spanish-language television. If your business model requires massive steady inflows of immigrants, then any proposal to curtail illegal immigration is going to get the off-the-top-rope treatment as does Kushner’s here.
What, in Yañez’ view, is so racist about the Kushner plan? Apparently, ideas such as biometric ID’s, border security and merit-based immigration are what make Kushner a prime candidate to be Trump’s “anti-immigration czar”, never mind that the plan also calls for increased immigration via work visas, something that runs counter to President Trump’s original campaign promises.
So bad was Estrella’s report that Univision is made here to look like a legitimate practioner of honest journalism. Jorge Ramos’ straightforward introduction of the topic was actually followed by a balanced piece that discussed the proposal, and featured spokespeople for both sides of the story.
Now there’s something you don’t see every day.
