Univision Anti-Rubio Headline

MRC Latino | April 16, 2015
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Univision appears to be pulling out all the stops to portray Sen. Marco Rubio as “the bad guy” to its viewers. The intent to portray Rubio as an enemy of the immigrant community was evident from the outset of the April 15 edition of Univision’s principal national news program, when anchor María Elena Salinas read the following headline tease: “in an interview with Univision, Marco Rubio says if he achieves the presidency at some point, he would eliminate DACA.” 

Also see more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters Blog

Although they hold very similar positions on the issue of immigration, the contrast in the coverage Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush have received so far on Univision is like the difference between night and day. When it comes to immigration, from the get-go Rubio has been depicted to Univision viewers as the bad guy. Rubio’s initial interview as a presidential candidate on the subject with anchor Jorge Ramos was presented to the audience with the fear-mongering headline, “Rubio says that if he becomes President, at some point, he would eliminate DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals).

 

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