Summary
"Between Feb. 1 and July 3, the phrase 'wise Latina' was repeated more than 2,500 times," according to the analysis. The term became controversial after a video was released in which [Sonia Sotomayor], in a speech she made before she was nominated, said that a "wise Latina" could make better decisions on certain matters than an Anglo man. The phrase was used to criticize Sotomayor and label her as racist. It even played a significant part in her confirmation hearings.
Among the most frequently mentioned Latinos, the greatest by far was Sotomayor, who was mentioned in 30 percent of the "Latino" stories. Much less coverage went to Latin American leaders like ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya (mentioned 1.7 percent of the time), Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez (1.4 percent) and Mexican President Felipe Calderón (1.1 percent). Seven percent of the stories referred to President Barack Obama in the context of the Latino community.The study focused specifically on three media outlets that had more stories about Latinos, although they weren't all necessarily positive. In March, NBC Nightly News produced a series of stories titled "We the People," about the Latino population in the United States, and over the course of six months, eight of the 18 articles about Latinos in the American press were published in the New York Times.See the full content of this document
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Latinos Rarely Mentioned in U.S. Media
Thanks to Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court, news about Latinos in U.S. media during the first half of this year wasn't dominated by Mexican drug violence or the H1N1 outbreak that paralyzed Mexico City.
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