Jeffrey Lord, at newsbusters.org, has posted an excellent blog about what fools the people at Univision have made of themselves by answering Donald Trump\’s attack on the Mexican government with:
– a decision – an illegal one which Trump is immediately challenging – which breaks its contract to show the Trump-sponsored Miss Universe pageant,
-for one of its executives, via social media, to put up a side-by-side comparison of Donald Trump with mass murderer dylann roof,
-and then for its “news anchor” (I put that in quotations because news anchors are supposed to be neutral, and Jorge Ramos is about as neutral as the DNC) to send a hand-written note to Trump asking for an interview.
Univision, it should be noted, is a huge force among both legal and illegal Latino residents of the USA – one which makes its leftward and pro-Mexico views more than clear every day.
Did the geniuses over there really think they were going to send someone like Donald Trump cowering into a corner with their illegal actions and their threats? Not one chance in a billion.
Read Lord\’s summary of what Univision has managed to “accomplish”, and see if you can find anything to disagree with:
And while all this was going on? Univision anchorman Jorge Ramos sent a handwritten note to Trump asking – yes – for an interview. Or in other words? We\’re going to break your contract and call you a racist but would you like to sit down for a chat?
So. As a result of Univision\’s decidedly unthought-thorough stab at partisan politics they received in return 1) a lawsuit for breach of contract over the cancellation of the Miss Universe Pageant; 2) a lawsuit for defamation (the poster comparing Trump to the racist killer in Charleston; 3) its executives have been booted from the Trump golf course; 4) a once convivial agreement on building a gate between neighboring properties has been ordered closed; 5) there is now a demand for the resignation of the executive who posted the defaming poster; 6) the private letter revealing anchorman Ramos to be beseeching Trump for an interview has been publicly released; and…and 6;) Trump has received a boatload of priceless publicity that appears as his numbers surge in the polls.
Well done Univision! If this is the company\’s idea of humiliating a Republican presidential candidate other GOP candidates are going to demand equal, Trump-style treatment from the network.
Is there anyone on the planet who does not know that Donald Trump lives for publicity. That he loves this stuff? That he thrives on it? And that, after years and years of dealing with controversies which play out in public, he is extremely good at it?
Well, the “brain trust” (such as it is) at Univsion apparently did not know – or, maybe, they did know but did not care – or, maybe, they thought they would be more adept at it than Trump is.
Now, I am guessing that they wish they had not started with The Donald (see, I do give them credit for possibly having at least some cerebral activity).
Speaking for myself, I can\’t wait to see what happens next.
