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TOM KLUDT APRIL 3, 2014, 8:51 AM EDT
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) expressed dismay on Wednesday at the major Spanish language outlets for their promotion of the Affordable Care Act.
Citing a study by the Media Research Center, the conservative media watchdog helmed by Brent Bozell, Rubio told right-wing radio host Hugh Hewitt that Univision and Telemundo have been "all-out advocates" for the law.
Both of the major Spanish language networks, but Univision in particular, have basically become all-out advocates for Obamacare, trying to get people signed up," Rubio said. "I mean, if ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, anybody were doing that, I mean, there would just be an extraordinary amount of criticism.
The four-month study by MRC found what it described as a "clear liberal slant" in newscasts on both Telemundo and Univision. Each outlet denied the allegations of bias, and Bozell himself acknowledged that the "conservative movement needs to make a stronger effort to constructively engage with Spanish-language media."
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C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)It's health insurance for crying out loud.
Can Rubio please just stop being such a creepy mean-spirited man-child. Geez.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)sendero
(28,552 posts).... at least SOME media is telling the truth.
Cha
(297,655 posts)Gracias DonViejo~
randome
(34,845 posts)2014 is going to be a banner year for cluelessness!
[hr][font color="blue"][center]A 90% chance of rain means the same as a 10% chance:
It might rain and it might not.[/center][/font][hr]
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)FSogol
(45,525 posts)Ever think of that, Mr. Water Gulper?
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)FSogol
(45,525 posts)Rubio is sneaking away from the camera like some type of clicking beetle in search of water. The fact that his eyes cannot leave the camera for a second? High comedy! His speechifying coach must be proud.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)He's a turd they'll never be able to polish enough.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)slingsam
(370 posts)have become all out advocates of damning and decrying the PPACA..................
So take your whining and thumb-sucking back to Cuba, Rubio!
DanTex
(20,709 posts)Please, keep bashing Univision and Telemundo.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)Glad the Spanish language media cares about people.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)millions again, LOL !!
Dawgs
(14,755 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Once a law becomes signed, it's no longer a partisan debate. It's a government program by and for the people. It would be no different than a network encouraging people to sign up for any other program. Alleging "bias" because a network promotes government products and services is ridiculous.
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)I think that's Dan Quayle in the back!
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CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)Maybe it's time to step out of the GOP bubble.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Latin@s are enrolling at a far lower rate than the rest of the population. They're trying to help out. I don't think politics has anything to do with it.
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)choice: Republicans.
Their parents and grandparents are not too happy about that.
okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)their viewers. How dare they!
librechik
(30,676 posts)this is what happens when an entire party drops any scintilla of common sense and goes all in for an ideological fiction. They still don't realize that pulling oneself up by one's own bootstraps is literally impossible. It's not a situation where if only we weren't so lazy we could do it. Please get a clue.
MADem
(135,425 posts)How DARE those networks provide information that is deemed useful and interesting to their viewers! The NERVE of them!
Unlike "fair and balanced" Faux Snooze....!!!