“Crucial days in the history of the United States” was how Telemundo, the Spanish-language sister network of NBC and MSNBC, titled a recent evening news feature that turned out to be a virtual tribute to President Obama’s “legacy of social change.”
The story by correspondent Iván Taylor took a cursory look at the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s redefinition of marriage in the United States and upholding of ObamaCare, as well as the drive to erradicate public display of the Confederate flag.
The only “expert” cited on the three subjects was left-leaning Dr. Jerónimo Cortina, a political science professor at the University of Houston. Cortina played into Taylor’s narrative that the succession of events are part of a “cascade of events that reflect a change, where technology has allowed people to be better informed.”
The bias was most glaring with respect to ObamaCare. Ignoring any of its downsides, Telemundo only featured a supporter who shared her peculiar story about going to Cuba for health care until Obamacare apparently become her family’s salvation.
IVAN TAYLOR, CORRESPONDENT: There are two United States Supreme Court rulings that will change the lives of millions. One of them is Pilar Oliva.
PILAR OLIVA: My husband was diagnosed with cancer and we had to go to Cuba to get cancer treatment, because here we didn't have insurance and we couldn't find a way, until ObamaCare arrived.
Despite liberal media outlets, and the likes of Michael Moore, insisting in portraying Cuba as a model for health care reform, the communist Island often leaves patients to die in a manner resembling that of Nazis concentration camps. A majority of Americans also continue to oppose ObamaCare. A Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted earlier this month found that 54 percent oppose the Obama administration’s signature health care reform law, an increase of six percentage points from a year ago.
The relevant portions of the referenced Telemundo national newscast appears below:
Noticiero Telemundo 06/28/2015 5:00pm
IVAN TAYLOR, CORRESPONDENT: ...of the three topics that received the most attention last week, there are two that provoke immediate reactions among Hispanics in this country. There are two United States Supreme Court rulings that will change the lives of millions. One of them is Pilar Oliva.
PILAR OLIVA: My husband was diagnosed with cancer and we had to go to Cuba to get cancer treatment, because here we didn't have insurance and we couldn't find a way, until ObamaCare arrived.
IVAN TAYLOR, CORRESPONDENT: On Thursday, the Supreme Court upheld the legality of the health insurance subsidies.
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IVAN TAYLOR, CORRESPONDENT: For this University of Houston professor, it’s about a cascade of events that reflect a change, where technology has allowed people to be better informed
JERONIMO CORTINA, UNIV. OF HOUSTON, POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR: Public opinion, little by little, has been becoming more tolerant of the rights of these people.
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IVAN TAYLOR, CORRESPONDENT: Without a doubt, the summer of 2015 will be remembered as much by those who applauded, as those who criticized, the direction the country is going in.
Now, when the subject comes to health care reform, we know that many call now call it ObamaCare, but neither the ratification of same sex marriage, nor the attempt to remove a flag of the Southern states, are directly connected to President Obama. However, the experts say the fact that all these events took place during his administration, reinforce the head of state’s wish to leave a legacy of social changes.
