The annual March for Life and Women’s March have become back-to-back events for two large, sharply clashing constituencies. By covering the Women’s March 17 times more than the March for Life, the top two national Spanish-language television newscasts in the United States reveal their clear preference for publicizing the agenda of one march, but not the other.
Despite the fact that the March for Life featured messages from multiple top national leaders, including President Trump and Vice President Pence, Univision’s principal national evening newscast, Noticiero Univision, only dedicated 14 seconds to the March for Life, while its rival newscast on Telemundo dedicated absolutely none.
When it came to the 2019 Women’s March, however, both the principal national evening newscasts at Univision and Telemundo, devoted full reports totaling 243 seconds on the subject.
Among Univision and Telemundo’s other rivals, NTN24 stood out, with Washington correspondent Carolina Valladares offering full, comprehensive reports of 165 seconds and 195 seconds, respectively, on both marches.
CAROLINA VALLADARES, CORRESPONDENT, NTN24: A massive march of the pro-life movement this Friday in the heart of Washington. A human tide from all corners of the country answered the call of organizers in the United States’ largest mobilization against abortion. There were people here from everywhere, not only the American Union, but also people from other parts of the world. People from Mexico as well, Poland, even India, gathered here to ask that the life of the unborn be protected, and abortion more restricted.
FIRST UNIDENTIFIED PARTICIPANT: I believe it is very important to defend life in all its forms. I believe it’s doing a lot of damage to the family and we should do the exact opposite. We should favor the family, by defending life.
SECOND UNIDENTIFIED PARTICIPANT: I come from Mexico because, more than anything, to support the brothers in this march that is so important for everybody and to send a message to the world on life.
THIRD UNIDENTIFIED PARTICIPANT: To make people aware of the life message. God wants life. There is not a woman who has had an abortion who has not felt sorry or is suffering.
VALLADARES: A festive atmosphere also joined by Republican senators and congressmen. Also the Vice President of the United States, a regular attendee of this and other anti-abortion marches. Mike Pence assured the thousands of participants that life is winning again and that the struggle against abortion in the country is at a historic moment.
Below are the transcripts of all the above-referenced reports, as aired on the January 18, 2019 editions of Noticiero Univision, Informativo on NTN24, Directo USA on CNN en Español as well as the January 19, 2019 editions of Noticiero Univision, Noticias Telemundo, and Informativo on NTN24.
Noticiero Univision
January 18, 2019
6:52 PM Eastern
ILIA CALDERON, ANCHOR, NOTICIERO UNIVISION: Let’s go to Patricia and a preview of the Late Night Edition.
PATRICIA JAINOT, ANCHOR, NOTICIERO UNIVISION: How are you, Ilia, thank you. Well, despite the low temperatures, thousands of anti-abortion protesters held the March for Life, which was joined by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, to reiterate that every life has meaning.
INFORMATIVO NTN 24
January 18, 2019
07:40 pm Eastern
JOELY RAMÍREZ, ANCHOR, NTN24: Thousands of Americans celebrated in Washington Friday the traditional March for Life, which was also joined by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
JASON CALDERÓN, ANCHOR, NTN24: Under the slogan ‘Unique From The First Day’, the participants protested against the legalization of abortion.
CAROLINA VALLADARES, CORRESPONDENT, NTN24: A massive march of the pro-life movement this Friday in the heart of Washington. A human tide from all corners of the country answered the call of organizers in the United States’ largest mobilization against abortion. There were people here from everywhere, not only the American Union, but also people from other parts of the world. People from Mexico as well, Poland, even India, gathered here to ask that the life of the unborn be protected, and abortion more restricted.
FIRST UNIDENTIFIED PARTICIPANT: I believe it is very important to defend life in all its forms. I believe it’s doing a lot of damage to the family and we should do the exact opposite. We should favor the family, by defending life.
SECOND UNIDENTIFIED PARTICIPANT: I come from Mexico because, more than anything, to support the brothers in this march that is so important for everybody and to send a message to the world on life.
THIRD UNIDENTIFIED PARTICIPANT: To make people aware of the life message. God wants life. There is not a woman who has had an abortion who has not felt sorry or is suffering.
VALLADARES: A festive atmosphere also joined by Republican senators and congressmen. Also the Vice President of the United States, a regular attendee of this and other anti-abortion marches. Mike Pence assured the thousands of participants that life is winning again and that the struggle against abortion in the country is at a historic moment. Following the speeches, the marchers took their turn under the theme ‘Unique From The First Day’ down Constitution Avenue to the Supreme Court. Among the participants, numerous Republican voters, some carrying President Donald Trump’s campaign messages. But also frustrated partisans who ask the President to fulfill his campaign promises and restrict abortions after 20 weeks, as well as those who also seeks its abolition.
FOURTH UNIDENTIFIED PARTICIPANT: I am asking Trump to fulfill his promise to protect life.
FIFTH UNIDENTIFIED PARTICIPANT: We should approve laws that better help women to choose to have their babies, so they are not obliged to abort. More programs for women to help them and give them counsel.
VALLADARES: And if they don’t obtain legislation that toughens restrictions against abortion in a majority Democrat Congress, the activists pressure the President to make use of his executive power before the 2020 elections. From Washington, Carolina Valladares for NTN24.
CNN en Español
Directo USA
January 18, 2019
05:10 PM Eastern
JUAN CARLOS LOPEZ, ANCHOR, CNN EN ESPAÑOL: Washington was the scene today of the March for Life, an annual event of those opposed to abortion, which is legal in the United States because of a decision by the Supreme Court in 1973. Hundreds gathered on the Mall to hear a message sent by President Trump highlighting what he considers his achievements in opposition to abortion by his government. Vice President Mike Pence also addressed the participants, accompanied by his wife Karen. The march takes place every year since 1974, the year after the Roe vs. Wade decision that decided that a Texas law that criminalized most abortions was unconstitutional, because the magistrates considered it violated the right to privacy of women and cited, according to the Court, the 14th amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees due process.
Noticiero Univision
January 19, 2019
06:43 PM Eastern
FELIX DE BEDOUT, ANCHOR, NOTICIERO UNIVISION: The country’s main cities today featured mass women’s marches. The convocation wasn’t just called for the purpose of protesting against the Trump administration, but also to celebrate the first anniversary of the march that took place, precisely, in Washington the day after the presidential inauguration. Dulce Castellanos has a summary of the intense day.
UNIDENTIFIED MARCH PARTICIPANT: We are power and we Latinas are together!
DULCE CASTELLANOS, CORRESPONDENT, UNIVISION: In its third year the Women’s March took place from coast to coast, with hundreds of thousands of women taking to the streets to advocate for their rights.
BIANCA VILLASEÑOR, MARCH PARTICIPANT: Reproductive rights. There’s no reason why...why a man is going to tell me what to do with my body, with my future family.
CASTELLANOS: On the West Coast- in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Arizona and Denver Colorado, the mass protests were a teaching opportunity for some families such as this mother and her small daughter.
AUDREY SOTO, MARCH PARTICIPANT: In order to teach her that women have strength. Although they always tell us to keep quiet, I want her to always know that she has her voice.
CASTELLANOS: Men also turned up at this event. Sergio came out to support his wife and daughter.
SERGIO SANTOS, MARCH PARTICIPANT: We need to come together and unite. Not just the women. We have to support men, women, everyone, everyone. White, black, we all have to be together.
CASTELLANOS: This march also celebrated the recent election of the greatest number of diverse women in Congress in the nation's history.
MARTHA LARES, MARCH PARTICIPANT: We are capable of that and much more because we are the ones that bring life into the world. And a woman’s body, a woman’s spirit, is very powerful.
CASTELLANOS: On the East Coast, in Washington, D.C. and in New York, women also raised their voices. And despite the fact that the movement is not partisan, the rejection of President Trump and his policies was inevitable.
OLIVIA RAMÍREZ, MARCH PARTICIPANT: We have to build a country that is good for everyone, not just for a few.
JASON FRANKEL, MARCH PARTICIPANT: People are very angry. I believe we’re all hurt in some way. I don’t feel that there is a place for us.
CASTELLANOS: The movement was affected by the controversy surrounding its leaders, but (the marches) didn’t stop because of that. In Los Angeles Dulce Castellanos, Univision.
Noticias Telemundo
January 19, 2019
6:49 PM Eastern
JULIO VAQUIERO, ANCHOR, NOTICIAS TELEMUNDO: For the third consecutive year, tens of thousands of protesters gathered in different cities across the country for the Women’s March. The movement has turned into a symbol of vindication for women and today, in many places, (the march) defied low temperatures, controversies, and the consequences of the partial government shutdown. Alban Zamora reports.
GROUP OF MARCH PARTICIPANTS: We are in the struggle.
ALBAN ZAMORA, CORRESPONDENT, TELEMUNDO: Their demands filled the streets from coast to coast. From Los Angeles and Phoenix to Boston and St. Paul, Minnesota. Although Washington was again the epicenter of this known women’s vindication.
GINA PATRICIA ARGOTTI, MARCH PARTICIPANT: We have the right to speak for our body, for our lives, which we want (and) for which we struggle.
ZAMORA: Struggles that, they say, they see as under threat from President Trump.
CONCEPCION MORALES, MARCH PARTICIPANT: There’s a lot to do in the administration- there are many issues that they need to resolve. The issue about fighting over the wall, that’s pure politics, a card game they have, to see who’s the strongest.
ZAMORA: This is the second year in which the event transpired in the midst of a government shutdown, which didn’t stop these thousands of protesters from coming here, to Washington, to take their outcry to the White House.
MARÍA RAMOS, MARCH PARTICIPANT: It is worth it to come out, and besides, negative comments give me...they give me sadness.
ZAMORA: In New York, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explained that, this time, the event seeks a change in policies. And as they demand equality, they celebrate the record number of women in Congress, and the 2020 presidential aspirations of three female senators. Alban Zamora, Noticias Telemundo.
NTN24
Informativo
January 19, 2019
07:33 PM Eastern
ANCHOR, NTN24: And on Saturday, several cities within the United States hosted the third edition of the Women's March, a movement that was birthed from rejection of Donald Trump’s victory in 2016. Thousands of women attended the marches which even convened beyond the United States. This is how they marched against the policies of the Republican leader in the city of Washington.
CAROLINA VALLADARES, CORRESPONDENT, NTN24: A festive and also vindictive environment at the third edition of the Women’s March in the capital of the United States. Up to 175 social groups from throughout the country, among them the American Civil Liberties Union, joined the protests in support of women’s rights and against the policies of the Trump Administration. Among the demands: an end to gender violence, the pursuit of equality, increasing the federal minimum wage, and engaging reproductive rights.
SHERI, MARCH PARTICIPANT: There’s a whole lot that we can achieve, that we want to achieve. We have our eyes set on achieving the first female President of the United States. That African-American women rise up and continue with the leadership role we’ve always had.
VALLADARES: Although with lower attendance than on other occasions, the convocation mobilized thousands of people, men and women from all over the country, who began to flood the areas surrounding the Freedom Plaza from very early on.
FIRST UNIDENTIFIED PARTICIPANT: The people have power. The people have to get out there. We have to march. We have to demand to be treated well.
SECOND PARTICIPANT (INCORRECTLY IDENTIFIED AS TAMIKA MALLORY): We want to show that we’re not going away. We’re going to continue the struggle for all women and for equality for all.
VALLADARES: Shortly after 11 in the morning, the front of the protest made its way along Pennsylvania Avenue, including a stop alongside the entrance to the Trump Tower in the nation’s capital. Neither the bad weather nor the light rain that fell on Washington prevented the march from continuing, which ended with several speakers and entertainers on stage.
TAMIKA MALLORY, CO-PRESIDENT, WOMEN’S MARCH: To my Muslim sisters: I see you. To my Latina sisters: I see you. To my Asian sisters: I see you.
VALLADARES: This Sunday, January 20th marks precisely two years since President Donald Trump took the oath of office as leader of the United States and two years later, the struggle continues to take the streets against the Repubican’s policies and also as you see, the women’s struggle. From Washington, Carolina Valladares for NTN24.
ANCHOR, NTN24: And as Trump enters into his third year governing, in New York attendees at the Women’s March walked from Central Park to Midtown Manhattan, also passing in front of Trump Tower. The protests, then, in which they also defended the right to an abortion, was split into two factions although both shared the same message: respect towards the female gender. The protest was also duplicated in the British capital. Thousands of women marched in central London, in a march called “Bread and Roses.”. They asked for gender equality, and also demanded an equal voice and equal representation in government.
