![]() And as a result, he feels that the major candidates have to come through Univision and have to talk to him about the issues that are important to Latinos, whether they be Spanish-speaking or English-speaking. Does that influence expand beyond those Spanish-speaking Americans?įOLKENFLIK: Well, it's his opinion that the road to the White House has to go through the Latino vote in either major party. And so he feels a man of two countries, both Mexico and the U.S.ĬORNISH: We talked about him being influential. Ramos has, you know, really attained quite a rank as an anchor here. He currently works in Miami for Univision, the Spanish-language network, and its sister channel, Fusion, a joint venture with ABC, which is in the English, intended to reach younger viewers. So he started out in local TV in Los Angeles. ![]() And he came here and found more voice, and he found more freedom to report on things without what he considered to be censorship. And he came to this country because he felt that, as a young journalist, that stories at times offensive to authorities were smothered there. What makes this personal for him?įOLKENFLIK: Well, Jorge Ramos was born in Mexico City. And Ramos has said that he's taken a personal offense to parts of Trump's immigration plan. So there's both an ideological fissure here between the nation's largest Spanish-language network and Trump and also a real commercial confrontation as well.ĬORNISH: When Ramos was let back into the news conference, he and Donald Trump did spar a bit over immigration. And Trump is now suing Univision to the tune of $500 million. It can't work.Īnd secondly, after Trump had taken strong stance on immigration in this way, Univision, Ramos's employer, cut ties with Trump and his Miss Universe organization. He says it's not only untenable in detail, but it's not plausible. Ramos has been a real critic of Trump's proposal to setup an enormous wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and to get rid of 11 million people who are here without legal immigration status. And this has been simmering for a while, right? What's the back story here?ĭAVID FOLKENFLIK, BYLINE: Well, the back story is two-fold, in some ways. NPR's media correspondent David Folkenflik joins us to talk about this more. ![]() You haven't been called.ĬORNISH: Ramos was then escorted out of the room by Trump's security guards and later let back in. RAMOS: I have the right to ask a question. Ramos was pressing Trump to answer a question.ĭONALD TRUMP: Excuse me. Jorge Ramos, one of the most influential Latino journalists in America, was physically removed from a Donald Trump press conference in Iowa last night. He's called undocumented Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists, among other things, and that's brought him head-to-head with Spanish-language media. In this country, presidential candidate Donald Trump is known for his blunt talk on immigration. ![]()
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