After a year of feuding with Donald Trump, Univision is finding that Republicans hesitate to appear on the network, according to Enrique Acevedo, the anchor spearheading Univision’s protection of the Trump administration.Acevedo said GOP members of Congress– save for those who represent the Miami location, where Univision is headquartered and is particularly strong– have actually been preventing the network, the nation’s largest Spanish language platform, because inauguration day.”It’s taken place more because the inauguration. It’s harder to get access to Republicans than it is to get access to Democrats and I comprehend why that is. Republicans think they have more to lose going on Univision,”Acevedo said, citing his efforts to get Republican senators like Ted Cruz( R-Texas), Lindsey Graham(R-S.C.), John McCain(R-Ariz.) and Marco Rubio(R-Fla.)on the air. “If we get a response, which is an exception, the response is:’It’s a hectic week, they’re refraining from doing media,’and after that we see them on Fox or CNN.”Prior to the 2016 election, Univision’s leaders often stated that the roadway to the White House ran through the Latino community– which the roadway to the Latino neighborhood went through them. Univision executives gave discussions to Republican prospects, describing to them how important Univision was to the Hispanic neighborhood, and how important that neighborhood would be to anyone who wanted to get elected. But the election results appeared to call that concept into concern, as the prospect who launched his project with a guarantee to build a wall along the Southern border was elected by a strong margin in the Electoral College. The guy who tossed top Univision anchor Jorge Ramos out of a press conference and never granted Univision an interview ended up being President Donald Trump. Acevedo stated when it concerns sit-down interviews, Univision is typically classified as “ethnic”media and gets brushed aside, although in some markets such as Los Angeles
, Spanish-language networks can attract higher ratings than their English-language broadcast competitors. But Acevedo stated he believes there are other intentions.”The Republicans have currently constructed the wall around Univision and our audience,”said Acevedo, who relocated to Washington to cover the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s administration.” They can ignore us
at their own peril however it’s a disservice to the 55 million Latinos who desire to hear form their members of Congress no matter affiliation and they deserve to speak with them.” Some GOP staffers on Capitol Hill said they just received a few demands from Univision for interviews because January, and were not purposely avoiding them. 2 Senate Republican politician assistants, working in different offices, acknowledged that they have prevented or would avoid Univision because they do not feel as though they’ll get fair treatment from the network.”We think twice to provide additional access to Univision because they have never in the previous been fair, “one of the aides said. “They appear to have a singular focus in driving a wedge on immigration problems. We might as well be interviewing with Rachel Maddow.
Even so, we welcome them to our events, response questions they ask and give them the info they request. But they have actually disappointed a willingness to treat our manager well, in which case we will decline to use them unique interviews.”The other senior Senate Republican aide specifically referenced Ramos, Univision’s most significant name, who had a few of the most public tangles with Trump throughout the campaign. He, along with some Univision executives, were open in their ridicule of Trump’s rhetoric about Latinos and immigrants. “When you have a face like Jorge Ramos who’s an activist– he’s an activist, openly– it alters the whole network,”the aide said.” It’s not even viewpoint versus news, it’s advocacy versus reporting. He’s their token, the most widely known character, so people are hesitant to go on the activist network.”In reaction to the criticisms about being an activist network, a Univision representative indicated the network’s current Goldsmith and Walter Cronkite awards as evidence of its journalistic integrity, and stated the network covers the issues the Latino neighborhood cares most about. Early morning Media Your
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and associations,” Univision representative Jose Zamora stated in a statement.”As such, our coverage is focused on the issues that matter most to the Latino neighborhood, which range from the economy, education and healthcare to migration. We cover all elected officials, no matter political affiliation, with equivalent rigor and focus. “Zamora added,”The Hispanic community should have to hear the policies and views of all political celebrations and Univision News is committed to supplying direct access to all viewpoints. “In regards to Ramos, Zamora stated what he does is “journalism at its finest,” which he explained as” asking difficult concerns and speaking reality to power.””Anyone who says anything else is using it as a reason to avoid being held accountable,”Zamora stated.”Jorge has the overall trust and support of Univision News. If politicians are pleased with the work a reporter is doing, it is since the reporter is refraining from doing her or his task well.”Nevertheless, Univision’s chief rival, Telemundo, appears to be having more success getting specific senators on. Rubio was on their Sunday show” Enfoque”
last month, and Cruz approved them an interview this previous week, though the product was not eventually utilized. Back in 2015, as Telemundo released its 2016 election coverage, it took a clear shot at Univision as it intended to place itself as the Spanish-language news network”without a program. “To be sure, both outlets have actually contended the existing administration. Ramos was notoriously kicked out of an interview throughout the early days of Trump’s governmental campaign, and he’s been outspokenly against Trump’s immigration strategies and border wall. Telemundo anchor Jose Diaz-Balart was likewise closed down by Trump at a press conference early in the project. Both networks have resources in place to inform immigrants about their rights under the brand-new administration’s policies and have held various specials and events about being a Latino under Trump. A recent city center hosted by Diaz-Balart called”Latinos Conquering Worry” found the host comforting a kid crying with worry that his father would be deported. Republican politicians have been particularly careful of Univision and long suspicious of its owner Haim Saban, a major booster and donor to Hillary
Clinton.(Saban and Univision state he has absolutely nothing to do with editorial choices.)They compete that Univision is unabashedly progressive, pointing to Chief Content Officer’s Isaac Lee’s remarks defending Ramos and his network’s coverage of immigration issues.”Univision’s audience knows that Jorge is representing them,”Lee stated in 2015.” That he is not asking the questions to be commemorated as a reasonable and balanced reporter
. He’s asking the concerns to represent them. He’s going to ask the individual whatever is necessary to press the program for a more fair society, for a more inclusive society and for the Hispanic neighborhood to be much better.”Univision is still the most seen Spanish-language network in the United States. The network states its Sunday news program,”Al Punto,”which is hosted by Ramos, has increased its audience from last year and draws in more young voters in the 18-to-34 age variety than its English language competitors. It’s nighttime news cast, “Noticiero Univision” is still the premier evening broadcast, and the network states it averages 2 times more audiences than its closest Spanish-language network evening news competitor.But rival Telemundo is beginning to
get steam, with the channel’s general ratings on the upswing. And the network says its nighttime news program “Noticiero Telemundo”is getting audiences at a much faster rate than Univision, up eight percent because the start of the year.
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