Thread: Univision drops Miss USA pageant over Trump’s comments about Mexican immigrants

Univision drops Miss USA pageant over Donald Trump’s comments about Mexican immigrants

The Associated Press | June 25, 2015 11:53 AM ET

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NEW YORK — Univision says it is dropping the Miss USA pageant and says it will cut all business ties with Donald Trump over comments he made about Mexican immigrants.

The network said Thursday it will not air the July pageant and has ended its business relationship with the Miss Universe Organization, which produces the Miss USA pageant, due to what it called “insulting remarks about Mexican immigrants” by Trump, a part owner of Miss Universe.

During his presidential campaign kickoff speech last week, Trump accused Latino immigrants of bringing drugs, crime and rapists to the U.S. He called for building a wall along the southern border of the U.S.

Trump says he was only criticizing U.S. policies concerning Mexico, not its people. He says Univision is in default of a five-year contract.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/wo...can-immigrants

Message to Mexico.

Oh, okay. Like who cares?! Trump doesn't care. But this article that calls illegal aliens that Trump was talking about, "Mexican immigrants" should be insulting enough to Mexican Americans to boycott Univision and the National Post and any other outfit that refers to illegal aliens as "Mexican immigrants".

Literally, it nearly has been so long since I had Univision on I do not remember it. I do not watch it.

We need to either start getting Univision dropped from our local cable networks or insist that Univision be broadcast with english subtitles so Americans can see the hostile ant-American reports on those Spanish language media outlets.

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English subtitles[edit]

On January 30, 2012,Univision became the second Spanish language network in the United States to provide closed captions in English (after Telemundo, which has carried its entire weeknight primetime schedule with English subtitles, from September 2003 to October 2008 and again since March 2009); the captions primarily appear during the network's weekday primetime telenovelas from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m.(Eastern and Pacific) and are transmitted over the CC3 caption channel.

Some weekend evening programs (such as Sábado Gigante) also utilize English captions, in addition to the native Spanish-language captions on the CC1 caption stream. The subtitles are intended to attract viewers of Hispanic and other demographics that are not fluent Spanish speakers.^[28]

Programs that include English-language captions during their original broadcast may also include them in repeat broadcasts airing outside of the network's primetime schedule after the program's original run on the network.


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June 25, 2015, 01:58 pm

Miss USA host quits, calls Trump a 'clown'

By Mark Hensch
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The Chilean actor scheduled to host this year’s Miss USA pageant is quitting over GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s remarks on Hispanic immigrants.

Cristian de la Fuente, who performs on the television series “Devious Maids,” said on Thursday he is abandoning his role in the annual beauty competition.

“Mr. Trump, as a Latino, I cannot work in an event associated with your name,” Fuente said in a video posted by TMZ. “The statements you made against Mexicans and immigrants show that you are an ignorant.“It is unacceptable to launch your presidential candidacy creating a rhetoric of hatred and discrimination in calling Mexicans drug dealers and rapists,” Fuente added.

“It is a shame that such an important institution as Miss USA is in the hands of a clown."

Trump countered on Thursday that Fuente was not the host of next month’s Miss USA event.

“We never even signed the guy,” he said of the Chilean actor, according to TMZ.

“After the Miss USA people saw him they were unimpressed,” Trump added.

Univision Communications Inc. also announced on Thursday morning that it would not telecast the Miss USA pageant scheduled for July 12.

It terminated its relationship with the Miss Universe Organization, a group that produces the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants that Trump partly-owns.

“At Univision, we see first-hand the work ethic, love for family, strong religious values and the important role Mexican immigrants and Mexican-Americans have had and will continue to have in building the future of our country,” Univision said on its website.

Trump’s presidential campaign countered on Thursday that the network was caving to pressure from Mexico by blacklisting the pageants.

“The Mexican government and others are putting tremendous pressure on Univision to break their signed and fully-effective contract with the Miss Universe Organization,” it said.

“[This is] because Mr. Trump has been exposing the public, and the world, to the significant damage that is being done at the southern border, and the terrible and costly trade deals that the United States is incompetently making with Mexico,” it added. “These deals are great for Mexico and horrible for the United States.”

Trump also said he plans on suing Univision for “hundreds of millions of dollars” for breaching its contract with his Miss Universe Organization.

Trump formally launched his 2016 White House bid on June 16 from New York City’s Trump Tower.

He said during his announcement speech “the U.S. has become the dumping ground for everybody else’s problems.”

“They’re sending people who have a lot of problems,” Trump said of illegal immigration. “They bring in drugs, they bring in crime, they’re rapists. I assume some are good people.”
— This story was updated at 2:34 p.m.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...-trump-a-clown

Donald Trump fires back, threatens to sue Univision for pulling out of Miss Universe

Published June 25, 2015 Fox News Latino

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Presidential candidate and mogul Donald Trump says he plans to sue media giant Univision for "hundreds of millions of dollars" for severing ties with him and the Miss Universe Pageant organization.

Univision had said earlier Thursday that because of offensive comments Trump made about Mexico and Mexicans when he launched his campaign, it was breaking off with the pageant organization – of which Trump is an owner – and that it would not air the event on July 12.

Trump told Fox News’ Gretchen Carlson that Univision was breaching its contract to air the pageant for five years.

“I’m going to have to sue Univision now because I speak negatively about trade with Mexico," he said. "Univision says you have to stop talking badly about Mexico... They have a signed contract."

Trump, during the interview, did not back down from the statements he said about Mexico – but he said his words were twisted and he did not disparage all Mexicans or Latinos in general.

Latinas have played a major role in the Miss Universe pageant, winning the crown 23 times since 1952. In 2014, contestants from roughly 24 Latino countries participated.

The contract with Univision, which Trump said was a five-year, $15 million deal, was signed in January.

"They can't do this," he said. "They want me to stop saying the facts."

Univision officials told Fox News Latino they would not comment beyond this morning's statement.

But some of the news division's biggest stars -- including anchors Maria Elena Salinas and Jorge Ramos, both Mexican-American -- didn't hesitate to weigh in or suggest they agreed with Univision's move.

Anchor Maria Elena Salinas tweeted ‏"@Univision ends it's relationship with Donald Trump over insensitive comments re Mexican immigrants. Miss universe will not be broadcast."

Ramos tweeted: "Mr. Trump. Words matter and have consequences. Try running your hotels without Mexicans." And later he tweeted: "Mr. Trump: words matter. Univision won't broadcast his Miss Universe."

Michael Cohen, one of Trump's lawyers, said he was in the process of hiring outside counsel to take legal action.

"We intend to pursue all legal rights and remedies available to Mr. Trump pursuant to the terms of the license agreement as well as a defamation case against Univision," Cohen said.

Trump said in his campaign speech that Mexico imports to the United States drug dealers, rapists, and others who have an adverse impact on this country.

The candidate says, "I love the Mexican people, but I'm running for President and our country comes first."

Trump said Univision apologized to him after it made its announcement about the pageant, and told him they found themselves in a difficult spot.

In Thursday's statement, Univision said it had seen the "the work ethic, love for family, strong religious values and the important role Mexican immigrants and Mexican-Americans have had and will continue to have in building the future of our country. We will not be airing the Miss USA pageant on July 12th or working on any other projects tied to the Trump Organization."

"Univision News and the local news division will continue to provide comprehensive coverage of all candidates, including Mr. Trump, to ensure our audience continues to have access to all points of view."

The mayor of Doral, Fla., the most recent location to host the Miss Universe Pageant, said Univision is right not to air the event.

“What he said about Mexicans was wrong, it was rude,” said Mayor Luigi Boria, who is of Venezuelan descent, in an interview with Fox News Latino. “The whole Latino community should care about what he said about Mexicans. We are all part of the Hispanic community. I agree with the Mexican community, they deserve respect.”

Boria said Trump must apologize.

“He better retract what he said before this grows even bigger,” Boria said. Many Latinos here and in Latin America, he said, “grow up watching Miss Universe.”

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/ent...ling-out-miss/

Roselyn Sanchez Steps Down As Miss USA Co-host
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By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25 June 2015

Actress Roselyn Sanchez Has Given Donald Trump's Miss Universe Organization Another Black Eye Following The Tycoon's Anti-mexican Remarks Earlier This Month (Jun15), By Stepping Down As The Upcoming Miss USA Pageant Co-host.

Picture: Roselyn Sanchez - Puerto Rican Day Parade 2015 at Puerto Rican Day Parade - New York City, New York, United States - Sunday 14th June...

The Puerto Rican star, a former beauty queen, has joined singer J Balvin, who quit as a performer on the show on Wednesday (24Jun15), and turned her back on the pageant, citing comments Trump made during his presidential-bid speech on 16 June (15).

She says, "I was very excited and proud to have been invited to participate in Miss USA, but as a Latina, that is now inconceivable.

Although I am not Mexican, I am Puerto Rican and a proud Latina, and his comments were an insult to our culture. I won't sponsor anything produced by Donald Trump."

Sanchez was slated to co-host the Spanish-language simulcast of Miss USA alongside actor Cristian De La Fuente, who has also pulled out. Her announcement comes just hours after TV bosses at Univision announced they were ending the company's business relationship with the Miss Universe Organization, based on Trump's remarks.

During his presidential campaign launch, Trump told supporters, "The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody else's problems. When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best... They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.

"It's coming from more than Mexico. It's coming from all over South and Latin America, and it's coming probably - probably - from the Middle East."

http://www.contactmusic.com/roselyn-...o-host_4798744

NBC Distances Itself From Donald Trump In Wake Of Univision Pageant Pullout

by Lisa de Moraes
June 25, 2015 3:41pm

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NBCUniversal this afternoon felt compelled to distance itself from its Miss USA/Miss Universe Pageant partner — and presidential candidate/Celebrity Apprentice star —Donald Trump for saying last week that immigrants from Mexico are bringing drugs and crime and “they’re rapists.”

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“Donald Trump’s opinions do not represent those of NBC, and we do not agree with his positions on a number of issues, including his recent comments on immigration,” the network said this afternoon.

NBC has deep relations with the presidential candidate. In addition to its partnership with Trump on the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, the real estate mogul has starred on The Apprentice since its inception.

NBCU’s cautious statement follows by several hours Univision’s announcement it had scrubbed plans to telecast the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants to protest “his recent, insulting remarks about Mexican immigrants,” adding, “We will not be airing the Miss USA pageant on July 12 or working on any other projects tied to the Trump Organization.”

NBC still plans to broadcast the two pageants.

Meanwhile, a source with knowledge of the situation said they’d be surprised if NBCU-owned Telemundo picked up the Miss USA pageant Spanish-language broadcast.

Celebrity Apprentice, meanwhile, is thought to be on ice for now, according to informed sources, letting NBC dodge that bullet. If NBC airs the show with Trump on air, it would have a considerable equal-time headache. If NBC wants to air it while Trump’s running, they’d have to do so without Trump in the firing-chair, or risk equal time requests from other presidential candidates – what are we up to now, 13 Republican hopefuls?

When Trump announced his candidacy last week, NBC issued another of its cautious statements, saying, “We will re-evaluate Trump’s role as host of Celebrity Apprentice should it become necessary, as we are committed to this franchise.” NBC has not yet shot a new season on that franchise – and nearly two years passed between the two most recent seasons, so there is precedent here to wait quite a while before the shows next edition, enabling NBC to simply wait to see how his presidential run plays out.

And, if you’re wondering why NBC didn’t come out swinging stronger on Trump, CNN’s got the answer! It’s new poll shows, among Republicans in New Hampshire, Trump and Jeb Bush both poll at 13% when it comes to the issue of Which Candidate Will Best Handle Immigration. Which, stating the obvious as did the network’s Dana Bash, means the guy who is getting blasted by Univision for his rapist line is running neck and neck with the candidate who has a Mexican American wife and thinks “very differently about how you should reform the immigration process.”

Univision being the biggest Spanish-language broadcaster in the U.S., the last-minute cancellation is a blow the Miss Universe Organization, which is a joint venture of Trump and Comcast-owned NBCU. The Miss USA pageant is scheduled to take place in little more than two weeks and Univision was to have telecast it. Trump told Deadline, and other news outlets today, he is suing Univision, telling NBCU-owned Telemundo that Univision “violated a contract…they defaulted on a contract. They signed a five year contract with no ‘outs’.”

“And, by the way, Univision called me and they apologized for what they’re doing because they felt so stupid and so guilty,” Trump added.

Asked to elaborate, he shot back, “they have an ironclad contract to broadcast Miss USA and Miss Universe….They called me this morning like a little lamb…What they want me to do is not talk” about trade and border issues, he insisted.

“Univision didn’t like it when I said that, because their business is so strongly based in Mexico…The problem that Univision has with me is that I’m honest about trade and I’m honest about the border.”

Among the things Trump said last week, in announcing he was throwing his hat into the presidential race, was a promise to build a wall along the border with Mexico:

“I would build a Great Wall — and nobody build walls better and I will do it very inexpensively – on our southern border and have Mexico pay for it,” he began.

The U.S., Trump said, has become a dumping ground for Mexico, and other country’s “problems. “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re sending people who have lots of problems and they’re bringing their problems: drugs,…rapists… and some, I assume are good people.”

It was part of his plan, “to make our country great again,” he said at Trump Tower that morning, ending two decades of flirtation with the idea of running for POTUS.

Meanwhile, there do not appear to be any regulations on the books that preclude a TV network from having business relations with a presidential candidate, like that NBCU has with Trump on the two pageants, while its news division covers that candidate’s campaign.

Fox News Channel said the day Trump formally announced that while he is a candidate it would discontinue his regular appearances on Fox & Friends, effective immediately.

http://deadline.com/2015/06/nbc-donald-trump-univision-mexico-miss-universe-presidential-race-illegal-immigrants-1201456335/