Affleck Responds: Why Non-Latino Played Latino Hero in ARGO

Affleck Responds: Why Non-Latino Played Latino Hero in ARGO

Mary Mata December 11, 2012

By Latino Rebels In October, we ran a piece called “Now Ben Affleck Is Latino: Another Lost Opportunity for Hollywood.” As we tried to stray away from the “we’re offended” line that […]

Ben Affleck’s Argo and Whitewashing Mexican-Americans

Mary Mata December 7, 2012

By Moctezuma Esparza, Al Dia Argo is a 2012 feature film Hollywood thriller loosely based on a memoir written by Antonio “Tony” Mendez, a CIA operative, who led the rescue […]

CNNE to Launch CNN Latino

NewsTaco December 5, 2012

By Veronica Villafañe, Media Moves CNN en Español today announced it is launching CNN Latino – a new service that will produce Spanish-language syndicated programming for U.S. Hispanics. The new service, scheduled […]

NLMC Gives FOX News an “F” in Diversity

Mary Mata November 30, 2012

By Latino Rebels Yesterday the National Latino Media Council published its annual Television Network Report Cards and pretty much took FOX Network Groups by giving it an “overall ‘F’ in its diversity commitment and performance.” […]

Latinos Use Mobile Devices for Homework More than Others

Mary Mata November 29, 2012

By Latinovations A new national survey conducted by TRU is reporting that Latino students are the biggest users of mobile devices for homework compared to other racial and ethnic groups. The survey polled 1,000 […]

Jimmy Smits Interview: Life as a Pimp

Mary Mata November 28, 2012

By Jerry Nunn, Gozamos Actor Jimmy Smits has been a staple on television shows from L.A. Law to NYPD Blue and even played a president on The West Wing. He had a memorable role on Dexter and […]

Dear Rush: Most Latinos Don’t Like “Feliz Navidad” Song

Mary Mata November 12, 2012

By Latino Rebels At Least Insult Us with a Better Song Yeah, we know Rush Limbaugh will never get it, so what is the point of even giving him attention? […]

Old News: Few Latinos in Mainstream News

Mary Mata

By Yessenia Gutierrez, Being Latino Recently The Huffington Post’s Roque Planas reminded us yet again of the lack of diversity at major newspapers — a topic regular readers are well aware of. […]

Rolling Stone to Feature Special Latino Section

Mary Mata November 9, 2012

By Verónica Villafañe, Media Moves For the first time in its 45-year history, Rolling Stone magazine is including Spanish ads in a special 15-page section titled “Latin Hot List.” The Nov. 22 issue […]

Former CNN Host Rick Sanchez Speaks “Next” Generation

Mary Mata October 29, 2012

By: Victor Escalante, NewsTaco According to syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr., former CNN host Rick Sanchez, may be coming back to a new media TV channel. Mr. Sanchez kissed his […]