As we noted over the weekend, NBC and “Saturday Night Live” may have won in terms of ratings, but they lost any ounce of credibility by providing a platform to Donald Trump. It’s not just the hundreds of advocates who rallied outside of NBC Studios or the over half a...
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Nov 8, 2015
Juan Escalante: “SNL pudo haber ganado en audiencia, pero perdió toda la credibilidad que tenía al proveer una plataforma” a Donald Trump Washington, DC— Para quienes no vimos a Donald Trump en ‘Saturday Night Live’ anoche, una rápida búsqueda en Intenet muestra que los críticos lo consideran un rotundo fracaso....
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Juan Escalante: “SNL May Have Gained Ratings, But NBC Lost Any Ounce of Credibility they Had By Providing a Platform” to Donald Trump For those of us who didn’t watch Donald Trump on ‘Saturday Night Live’ last night, a quick Internet search shows that the critics feel it was...
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AUDIO RECORDING OF CALL AVAILABLE HERE Leaders in the Latino and Progressive Community Say NBC is Mainstreaming Trump’s Extreme Anti-Immigrant Agenda As New Open Letter Calls on SNL Cast to Speak Out Against Hate On a press call this afternoon, leaders with the #RacismIsntFunny campaign discussed how disturbing incidents of violence and aggression toward immigrants and Latinos...
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As NBC refuses to rescind its invitation to Donald Trump to host “SNL” this weekend, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are continuing to call out the network for throwing the Latino and immigrant communities under the bus in the name of ratings. Earlier this week, the Caucus released...
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The #RacismIsntFunny campaign has gone to the next level by sending an open letter to the cast of “Saturday Night Live” calling on them to speak out against Trump and raise their voices in support of the Latino and immigrant communities. The full text of the letter is available below. November 6,...
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As NBC is set to mainstream Donald Trump’s bigotry on “Saturday Night Live” in a matter of hours, the horrific beating of an immigrant woman in Minnesota for not speaking English in public is beginning to attract national attention. From KARE 11 Minneapolis/St. Paul: Jodie Marie Burchard-Risch, 43, was...
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**** PRESS ADVISORY**** TODAY: Friday, November 6th at 12 pm ET To Join: Dial 1-888-632-3383; Passcode “SNL” PRESS CALL: #RacismIsntFunny Leaders to Speak Out on Why Donald Trump Should Have No Place on SNL Press Call to Feature Victims of Trump Fan Aggression, New Letter to Call on SNL Cast to Speak Out Against Hate On...
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More than Half a Million Petition Signers and John Leguizamo Agree that Racism Just Isn’t Funny Last night, leaders from a host of Latino and immigrant rights groups rallied and delivered over 520,000 petition signatures calling on NBC to rescind Donald Trump’s “Saturday Night Live” hosting invitation, set for...
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As the campaign to rescind Donald Trump’s SNL hosting invitation delivered over 500,000 petition signatures to NBC Studios last night, a host of Latino cultural leaders have published an open letter calling out Trump’s racist campaign, noting that Trump’s xenophobia has already led to several attacks against Latinos and immigrants:...
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