The Missing Link

March 29, 2006

Spanish Media and the Rallies

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS:

LOS ANGELES, California -- The marching orders were clear: carry American flags and pack the kids, pick up your trash and wear white for peace and for effect.

Many of the 500,000 people who crammed downtown Los Angeles on Saturday to protest legislation that would make criminals out of illegal immigrants learned where, when and even how to demonstrate from the Spanish-language media.

For English-speaking America, the mass protests in Los Angeles and other U.S. cities over the past few days have been surprising for their size and seeming spontaneity.

But, like rallies involving other segments of American society, they were organized, promoted or publicized for weeks by Spanish-language radio hosts and TV anchors as a demonstration of Hispanic pride and power.

Posted by Conor at March 29, 2006 01:35 AM