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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 .
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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.
Victory Declared
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