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Article: NAHJ Frustrated by Continued Exclusion of Latinos on Network News.
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- October 19, 2006
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association of Hispanic Journalists is once again frustrated by the lack of coverage of Latinos on the network evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC.
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In its 11th annual Network Brownout Report released today, NAHJ found that out of an estimated 12,600 stories aired on the network evening newscasts in 2005, only 105 stories, or 0.83 percent, were exclusively about Latinos. This was a slight increase from 2004 when stories about Latinos comprised 0.72 percent of coverage.
News networks still play a major role in defining the national ...