Latino leaders call out Trump disinformation campaign in Miami Spanish-language media
Latino leaders from more than 20 local advocacy groups have denounced the spread of misinformation in South Florida Spanish-language media, warning in an open letter that “hateful rhetoric can have deadly consequences.”
Since a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, resulting in the deaths of five people, including a Capitol Police officer, a number of popular Spanish-language AM radio stations and YouTube shows have amplified conspiracy theories about the riot, and disseminated unfounded allegations of voter fraud.
In the days leading up to the Jan. 6 attack, a listener used an afternoon show on WWFE’s La Poderosa 670 AM to advertise her plan to lead a caravan of Miami-based Trump supporters to Washington for the planned protests. Though the listener in question, Caridad Gomez, wasn’t part of the group that attacked the Capitol, she raised the prospect of continuing disturbances in rejection of Biden’s win on her way back to South Florida.
“This was only the appetizer,” she said. “We are not going to take it.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/latino-leaders-call-trump-disinformation-110000982.html
