Spanish-Language TV News Just Might be Good For You
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 05.22.08 | 4:34 PM ET
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has stressed that Latino immigrants in the U.S. have “got to turn off the Spanish language television” if they want to understand English and local news. Many others agree. But “Schwarzenegger is wrong, and so is this new consensus,” argues former Los Angeles Times reporter Joe Mathews in an op-ed in the Washington Post.
He continues: “The error is particularly obvious in cities with the largest immigrant populations, especially Los Angeles, the town the governor calls home. ... On most nights here, the most timely, serious and civic-minded local news is not available on the Internet, the radio or any of the half-dozen English-language stations that broadcast nightly shows that purport to be newscasts. At 11 p.m. each night here, the best newscasts in the market appear on two Spanish-language channels, Univision’s flagship KMEX and Telemundo affiliate KVEA.”
Mathews compares coverage on multiple nights. It’s a fascinating piece.
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
Ling 05.23.08 | 8:30 AM ET
Oh yea, the telecasts are great. Good coverage, and all that, and they have hot anchors like Mirthala Salinas.