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Article: NEW SURVEY QUANTIFIES LACK OF NETWORK NEWS COVERAGE OF HISPANIC ISSUES
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- PR Newswire
- Article date:
- June 10, 1996
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CHICAGO, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Although Hispanics comprise nearly 10 percent of the U.S. population and are rapidly growing, a new survey indicates that they receive only one percent of news coverage on the evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, NBC networks.
Worse, the few stories that do cover Hispanics are generally negative in tone, dealing with subjects such as crime, immigration, affirmative action, and welfare.
"Latinos are symbolically annihilated in terms of their representation in network news stories. They are seen only occasionally, and then in roles of illegal aliens, welfare recipients, criminals and workers receiving 'undeserved' benefits of ...