Latino backlash grows over Donald Trump's friendly Univision interview

[Uncle Joe]

Members of Congress plan to ask for a meeting with a company executive as a famous actor, a Univision founder and Latino rights advocacy groups speak out

The nation’s largest Spanish-language media company, Univision, faced growing backlash Friday for its handling of a recent interview with former president Donald Trump, as major Latino advocacy groups delivered a letter of protest to the network’s executives and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus prepared to request a meeting with the network.

Actor and comedian John Leguizamo, who recently took a turn as host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” also posted a video on Instagram on Thursday night calling for a boycott of the network until it stopped its rejection of Biden ads, some of which were canceled just before the Trump interview aired.

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The pushback comes after a Nov. 7 interview with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida that was arranged with the help of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and attended by a trio of senior executives at Univision’s parent company. The interview was notable for its gracious tone, lack of follow-up questions and Trump’s assertion in the first minutes about owners of the network

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“This was Mexican-style news coverage, a repudiation of the concept of separation of business and news,” Blaya said of the Trump interview. “What I saw there was batting practice, someone dropping balls for him to hit out of the park. I think it was an embarrassment.”

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/17/trump-latino-univision-backlash/

[2naSalit]

1. Good to hear!

[KS Toronado]

2. The owner(s) of Univision are probably fairly wealthy

And we know what that means, they want Rs in charge for tax breaks.

[calimary]

3. At least it's good that someone's speaking up about it.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

4. They definitely have a "game plan"

And as it's all they've had to do since 2020, it stinks to high heaven.

How down we counter with business leaders' help intent on preserving the Constitution?

[Qutzupalotl]

5. Gift link to full article

https://wapo.st/3SHka3T

[electric_blue68]

6. I heard about this a day or so ago - WNYC/NPR...

IF I remember correctly Univision here in the States either got bought up or joined with the equivalent Mexican TV group. They are drrumpf friendly.

[electric_blue68]

7. dbl post