Uno on Univision
The following is in Capitol Weekly On Tuesday morning, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will tape an hour-long special edition of Voz y Voto, a Spanish-language political affairs program on Univision--a television network headed by one of the governor's largest contributors. Schwarzenegger will answer questions unscripted from the audience, without sharing the stage with Democratic representatives of the groups opposing his initiatives on the special election ballot. The Univision appearance comes a day after a similar town-hall style event aired on Bay Area television station KTVU. But that Schwarzenegger's appearance was preceded by Senate leader Don Perata and California Nurses Association President Rose Ann DeMoro. "Anytime you have a public debate program such as Voz y Voto is, both sides of the argument need to be presented," said Roger Salazar, a consultant for anti-Schwarzenegger Alliance for a Better California, who is working on Latino media. "That has to be the trademark of a program like Voz y Voto." Univision's chairman and CEO A. Jerrold Perenchio, has been a major Schwarzenegger donor. Perenchio donated $1.5 million to Schwarzenegger's campaign earlier this month, matching a contribution he made earlier this year to help qualify the governor's agenda for the ballot..... Read the rest here. |
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