
<p>Univision – a television platform owned by Televisaunivision – is the largest Spanish language news platform in the nation. ; Historically, it has had a left leaning policy.</p>



<p>You may recall the contretemps between Univision’s Miami-based anchor Jorge Ramos and Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election. ; After Trump had rejected an invitation to appear on Ramos’ television show, the news host travelled to Dubuque, Iowa to attend a Trump press conference. ;  ;When Trump did not recognize him for a question, Ramos became so belligerent and argumentative that he had to be escorted out of a Trump press conference.</p>



<p>Fast forward to today.</p>



<p>Univision invited Trump to appear in a townhall meeting with their predominantly Latin audience. ; It was the counterpart to an earlier Harris townhall meeting. ; Trump accepted. ; ; It was a generally well run meeting. ; Trump was asked both tough and softball questions. ; The moderator allowed the exchanges to be between Trump and the audience – without participating in the debate under the ruse of fact checking.</p>



<p>Weeeell &#8230; that is when Democrats and the left-wing media went ballistic.</p>



<p>Former Univision president Joaquin Blaya appeared on “Morning Joe” to castigate the news network he once headed. ; He called the Trump townhall meeting a “propaganda project.”</p>



<p>He went on to say, &#8220;It was really not a townhall.  ;It was an infomercial in where they brought in audience as props.&#8221; ; That is untrue. ; The audience was random and asked tough questions. ; Even the New York Times headline read “Trump faces tough questions from Hispanic voters.”</p>



<p>Blaya complained that the network chose Mexican journalist Enrique Acevedo to moderate instead of Univision anchor Jorge Ramos. ; (That’s right. ; Blaya thinks the townhall needed a moderator with a visceral hatred for Trump.)</p>



<p>Interestingly, there was no criticism of Acevedo when he moderated the similar townhall meeting with Vice President Harris. ; A Univision spokesperson said the moderator and rules for both townhalls were exactly the same.</p>



<p>Blaya’s main complaint was that the network had shown a “lack of integrity” for allowing Trump to answer questions uninterrupted – and without the moderator fact-checking his responses. ; The general response from the left is that Univision should never have hosted the former President.</p>



<p>This kind of media censorship is part of the left-wing DNA. ; You may recall that way back in 2016, the Huffington Post stopped covering Trump as a presidential candidate and reassigned coverage to their entertainment reporters –ensuring much less coverage.</p>



<p>Earlier in this year’s campaign, MSNBC announced its outright refusal to cover Trump speeches – including his rallies. ; While the network has relented somewhat under public pressure, it still limits coverage to talking ABOUT Trump and using out-of-context snippets of speeches that are subjected to negative spin. ; They literally do not allow viewers to hear from Trump directly – and they do not allow Trump advocates on the network.</p>



<p>And now, they pounce on a news platform that they once exalted merely for allowing Trump to be questioned by voters – and allowing him to provide his own answers.</p>



<p>Media commentators and voters have sufficient opportunity to respond to Trump’s comments. ; Political opponents have the primary role of fact checking. ; They can provide counterpoints. ; It is not the role of the media to embed itself into a campaign as an active partisan.</p>



<p>What was seen in the reaction of the Harris supporters and her news media allies to Univision’s townhall was nothing less than another example of their use of censorship as a campaign and governing strategy. ; It also was a clear demonstration of the left’s panic over the movement of Hispanic voters to Trump. ; <em>Viva la Univision!!</em></p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

The left turns on Spanish language Univision for hosting Trump
