The National Association of Hispanic Journalists drops Fox News as a sponsor of its national conference over 'prejudiced language directed against Latino immigrants.' - NBCLatino
The largest organization of Latino journalists in the United States disinvited Fox News from its national conference, taking place in San Antonio next month.Hugo Balta, the association's president, announcing the decision on Thursday afternoon.
The decision was made after Fox News Radio Host, Todd Starnes, used"prejudiced language directed against Latino immigrants as opinionated commentary," just two weeks after 22 people were killed during aIn the letter, Balta referenced an instance in which Starnes said that America has “suffered” from the “invasion of a rampaging hoard of illegal aliens” and claimed that most “illegal immigrants” are violent criminals.
According to Balta, NAHJ asked conference co-partners, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Radio Television Digital News Association , to also return their respective $16,666 share of the $50,000 sponsorship dollars.
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