Who is Jorge Ramos and why is Donald Trump so mad at him?
*This story. Fortune is the magazine that compiles the list of the top 500 companies in the country – The Fortune 500. The editors saw it appropriate to publish an article that explains to their readers who Jorge Ramos is. Apparently Latinos are that far off their reader’s radars. As always, I’ll let you draw your own conclusions. VL
By Mathew Ingram, Fortune
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump and his followers may think that Jorge Ramos is just another loudmouth reporter trying to derail their campaign. But for millions of Hispanic viewers, the Univision anchor is the equivalent of a modern-day Tom Brokaw or Walter Cronkite: A trusted source of news and opinion, and quite possibly the most influential Spanish-speaking journalist in the world.
[pullquote]The Univision anchor’s influence is difficult to compare to that of other mainstream journalists, in part because Univision’s reach within the Hispanic market is unlike anything in the English-speaking media world.[/pullquote]During a news conference on Tuesday in Iowa, Ramos shouted a question at Trump about his views on immigration, at which point the candidate’s security detail hustled the journalist out of the room, as Trump told him to “Go back to Univision.” He was subsequently allowed back into the room and continued to question Trump about his position.
Born and raised in Mexico, Ramos is the co-anchor for a top-rated news program on Univision called Noticiero Univision and the host of a Sunday morning political-news program on the Spanish-language network called Al Punto. He also hosts an English-language program called America with Jorge Ramos, which is broadcast on Fusion, a channel that is co-owned by Univision and Disney/ABC.
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