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Page B4 (El|v |Jn rtlan ò O bserver March 31, 2004 Latinos Slighted in TV Newscasts Coverage scant and stereotypical ( A P ) — T e le v is io n ’s e v e n in g n e w sc a sts o f fe r sc a n t and s te r e o ty p ic a l c o v e ra g e of L a tin o s, fo c u sin g m o stly on c rim e and im m ig ratio n , a c c o rd in g to a new s tu d y . F o r th e e ig h th y e a r, th e " N a tio n a l B ro w n o u t" stu d y by the N a tio n a l A sso c ia tio n o f H is p a n ic J o u r n a lis ts fo u n d in a d e q u a t e a t t e n t i o n p a i d to A m e r ic a ’s la rg e st an d fa ste st- g ro w in g m in o rity . “ T h is y e a r ’ s r e p o r t o n c e a g a in h ig h li g h ts th e d is m a l p r o g r e s s th e n e tw o r k s h a v e m ad e in th e ir c o v e ra g e o f the n a tio n 's H isp a n ic c o m m u n ity ,” a s s o c ia tio n P re s id e n t Ju a n G o n z a le z , a N ew Y ork D aily N ew s c o lu m n is t, sa id in a s ta te m ent. L a tin o -r e la te d s to rie s m ade up le ss th an I p e rc e n t o f th e m a teria l on the m a jo r n ew sc a sts in 2 0 0 2 , th e stu d y fo u n d . T h at re p re se n ts a sm a ll in c re a se o v e r 2001. L a tin o s m ak e up m o re th an 13 p e rc e n t of th e U .S . p o p u la tio n . T w o -th ird s o f a ll e v e n in g n e w s c a s t s to r ie s c o n c e r n in g L a tin o s w ere a b o u t c rim e , te r ro ris m and ille g a l im m ig ra tio n , a c c o rd in g to th e stu d y o f A B C , N B C , C B S an d C N N . A B C led th e w ay w ith m o re b a la n c e d c o v e ra g e o f L a tin o s an d w ith sto rie s on a w id e ra n g e o f to p ic s , the s tu d y fo u n d . T he resu lts w ere la rg e ly tr o u b lin g , e s p e c ia lly g iv e n th e c r it i cal ro le T V n ew s p la y s in s h a p ing A m e ric a n p e rc e p tio n s , th e re p o rt c o n c lu d e d . ... w •< , f t Oregon Voter Line Debuts Secretary o f State Bill Bradbury announced the availability o f a new, toll-free, voter information line pro viding service in both English and Spanish By calling I -866-673-8683, vot ers will be connected to representa tives from the Secretary o f S tate's office, w ho can answ er questions about ballots and voting. R epre sentatives are available M onday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. TriMet welcome members o f the Hispanic. African-American, and Filipino Chambers o f Commerce along with ‘T h is toll-free line makes it easier editors o f Portland's minority newspapers to a preview ride on the new Interstate Max. Pictured (from left) than ever for O regonians to find are Carlos Banks o f TriMet, Shelli Romero o f the Portland-Guadalajara Sister City Association. Amber inform ation about voting,” said Ontiveros o f TriMet, Bruce Watts o f TriMet and Michael Leighton o f the Portland Observer. Bradbury. "M ore inform ation and better custom er service m eans it's easier than ever for O regonians to v o te." V oter line representatives will answ er questions about voter reg istration, ballot delivery and return, Stamm responded, “We take one or two alternates. m arking the ballot, requesting a re strong issue with this anti- Deliberations are set to start of them can intimidate others Hispanic bias claim .” He again from scratch. placem ent ballot, absentee ballots, signature requirem ents, the V ot off the panel or they can w rite cited remarks by Hispanic, The officers on trial — all ers' Pam phlet, w hen and w here to notes to get themselves off. Anglo and black jurors to Hispanic — are charged with vote, and any oth er questions that "The net effect is we’re argue that ethnicity was not joining a cover-up after two may arise about elections and vot losing Hispanic jurors,’’ he an issue. handguns were allegedly ing. Minority Chambers Preview Ride Miami Cops Claim Anti-Hispanic Jury Bias Alleged racist remarks hinder case against police (AP) — Attorneys for three Miami police officers accused of corruption raised questions of anti-Hispanic bias Monday after a Latino juror complained ofbeing yelled at, insulted and offended by other jurors. U.S. District Judge Alan Gold called off what was sup- posed to be a sixth day of deliberations to allow the woman to visit her doctor af ter she asked to be the third juror excused. Two alternates said they are ready to join the said. The two jurors excused Gold planned to check with jury Tuesday. Thursday were Hispanic and the juror’s doctor Tuesday to Defense attorney Sam Anglo women. see if she could continue and Rabin said jurors sense a group P ro secu to r Edw ard decide then whether to seat planted next to two black robbers who were shot to death by police while trying to escape in 1995. The new service is required by the H elp A m erica Vote Act and created using federal funds. two hours after a perform ance o f dow nplayed. the play "P ap i, Me and C esar “H e listened to our concerns and C havez" in the Lory Student Center that was very helpful,” said M im s Theatre. Harris, co-chair o f the com m ittee. Despite a com prom ise in start "It s a serious conflict because this ing times, m em bers o f the C esar happened on an important holiday.” C havez Day organizing com m ittee U niversity officials said the co met with C S U P resident Larry inciding date for A lbright's speech Penley to voice their concerns that and the Chavez play was not m eant th e ir e v e n ts w e re b e in g to slight anyone. They said it was difficult to schedule speakers of A lbright'scaliberandtoflndavenue large enough to hold the audience. C havez’s birthday on March 3 1 is a holiday in several states and in Denver. In 2002, C olorado voters rejected a proposal to m ake it a paid holiday statewide. Chavez, who led the struggle for social ju stice for migrant farm workers, died in 1993. A trade case is expected to result in millions ofdollarsinsavings for Ameri cans who make telephone calls to Mexico. The Bush administration said the W TOmled that Mexico was violat ing global trade rules by refusing to dismantle barriers to its telephone mar ket. U.S. companies estimate the barri ers have cost callers more than $1 billion since2000. • Students Voice Concern over Cesar Chavez Speaker • (AP) — Hispanic students at Colorado Stale University are con cerned that scheduling form er Sec retary of State M adeleine A lbright to speak on a day honoring Cesar Chavez discredits efforts to edu cate the com m unity about their heritage. Albright was scheduled to speak W ednesday at C S U 's Moby Arena. 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