Tag Archives: María Elena Salinas
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...
Wonder Twin Powers Activate: ¡Form of One of the Most Powerful Latinas in Social Media!
October 1, 2012
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You learn a lot of things on Twitter. Like Bin-Laden‘s death. That J-Lo and Marc Anthony are finito. That @InvisibleObama is long on funny but short on clever. I also found out that I had been named by U.S. Hispanic-centered 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...
3 NJ Teens and I Get Our Wish or A Debate Moderator Should Be a Woman
August 13, 2012
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UPDATE! The Commission for Presidential Debate just released the names of the moderators of the 2012 Presidential debates: 1st presidential debate: Jim Lehrer, Executive Editor of the PBS NewsHour Wednesday, October 3, University of Denver, Denver, CO Vice presidential debate: 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...
