Tag Archives: Jorge Ramos
Why There Should Not Be a ‘Latino’ Debate
October 2, 2012
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Minutes after the Commission on Presidential Debates, or CPD, announced that CNN’s Candy Crowley would be the first woman in 20 years to moderate one of the 2012 debates, the Twitterverse started burning up with the question: Why wasn’t a Read More...
Univision Candidate Forum Big Loser? Not the Prez, Not the Guv, But the Commish on Presidential Debates
September 24, 2012
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Your humble Tweeter-in-Chief was glued to her computer screen to watch the Univision Candidates Forum and tweet out to the universo what Governor Romney on Wednesday followed by President Obama had to say. ¡Momento! Aren’t there normally four debates, one each Read More...
Mitt Romney’s Porcentages: ¿1, 47, or 100?
September 21, 2012
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Mitt Romney is known for putting his foot in his mouth. But when the liberal magazine Mother Jones posted the video of the 2012 Republican presidential nominee calling 47% of Obama voters “freeloaders,” political junkies, average Americans, and campaign strategists Read More...
My First Wordless Wednesday or Miércoles Mudo: How did a Latino News Show Become a Slur?
July 18, 2012
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This is a first for The Wise Latina Club–participating in a staple of the blogosphere–a meme where millions post a picture with no words on Wednesday–hence Wordless Wednesday or Miércoles mudo en español–because the photo speaks for itself, plus readers’ interpretations. Here Read More...
More Habla: TWLC’s Viviana Hurtado on Univision’s “Punto y Seguido”
February 29, 2012
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In case you suspect I have A LOT to say, especially about things I’m passionate about like política, you’re rrriiggghhhtttt! Especially when it concerns Latinos. You see, everyone–pols, marketers, corporations–is going a little loco with the 2010 U.S. Census data. Basically, Read More...
TWLC’s Viviana Hurtado on Univision’s Al Punto with Jorge Ramos: Election 2012 and the Oscars
February 28, 2012
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Ring…Ring…Ring… “¿Allo?“ “Hola Viviana. It’s Jorge Ramos calling. I’m dying to share your incisive, ground-breaking, unique, and down-with-it perspectiva with my Al Punto viewers. Wanna hang out and come on?” [insert: ¡Thump! Smelling salts to bring me back to life after hearing Ol' Read More...
TWLC’s Viviana Hurtado on Univisión’s “Al Punto con Jorge Ramos”
September 9, 2011
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In my house, we watch Meet the Press and Al Punto con Jorge Ramos, Univisión’s public affairs show (of course, I’m a big policy dork who channel surfs to catch glimpses of the other programs). Why? Because on the other Read More...
Open Letter to Time Managing Editor Richard Stengel
April 29, 2011
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Dear Mr. Stengel, When I noticed the lack of Latinos and Latin Americans in the 2011 Time 100, I thought: Again? My criticism does not probe whether Gossip Girl Blake Lively should be on the same “list” as Afghan prosecutor Read More...
