The Democrats’ Answer to Fox?
Republican Latina Leslie Sanchez opines in the Wall Street Journal (safely enough) that Univision doesn’t do right by the GOP:
Faced with an onslaught of biased reporting, Republicans are right to have reservations about Univision. They should, however, engage the network, as it is far too important to be ignored. Late last month, Nielsen began comparing Univision to other broadcast networks in a single viewer sample, and found that it is the most-watched TV network (ahead of Fox, ABC, CBS and NBC) for viewers 18-34.
If their views were presented fairly, it’s likely that Republicans would connect with Hispanic voters. That may be why the network’s news coverage often downplays issues that make Hispanics dislike Democrats (abortion, same-sex marriage, taxes) and sensationalizes the immigration issue as a way of demonizing Republicans — even those who are not anti-immigrant.
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As a group, Latinos are more pro-life and more supportive of traditional family values than non-Hispanic whites, less likely to divorce and three times as likely to have started a business in the past decade. Given that all of these are strong Republican identifiers, GOP strategists are asking themselves why they vote so lopsidedly Democratic.
I have an answer for those apparently perplexed Republican strategists. Three answers, actually: education, Iraq and the consistently racist Republican rhetoric on immigration.
