Univision's Shame: Buries Lede of Its Own Withdrawal From Puerto Rican Day Parade

The fact that not supporting a domestic terrorist is something to be shy about, says an awful lot.

Univision joined the ranks of Goya Foods, Corona, Coca-Cola, AT&T, the New York Yankees, and other corporations that have withdrawn sponsorship of the upcoming National Puerto Rican Day Parade over its support of FALN terrorist Oscar Lopez Rivera.

Oddly, however, the Spanish-language network couldn't even bring itself to report on its own withdrawal from the parade, burying the lede in its May 25 broadcast. Newsbusters provides a summary and transcript of the report that aired on Noticiero Univision on 5/25/2017: 

MARIA ELENA SALINAS, NEWS ANCHOR, UNIVISION: The Univision affiliate in New York, Univision 41, WADO (1280AM), and "La X" 96.3 will not sponsor the New York Puerto Rican Day Parade this year. They joined the list of companies that withdrew...that withdrew their support from next month's Parade in that city. However, those local Univision outlets will cover the day's events, and the funds that were going towards sponsorship will instead be allocated towards the organization's Scholarship Fund in order to benefit Puerto Rican students.

Univision's newscasts hadn't said a peep about the exodus of parade sponsors since Goya Foods first jumped ship last week and now, all of a sudden, multiple sponsors are suddenly out. Viewers are left to assume that these major sponsors just randomly abandoned the Parade, without any context whatsoever as to why.

Ultimately, Univision decided that it was best for business to steer clear of the nuclear toxicity of the Parade's designation of convicted terrorist Oscar López Rivera as its first-ever "National Freedom Hero"...which is a bit ironic because the network did the most to whitewash López Rivera's legacy of terror. 

Yes, we can't see the upside for a corporation in promoting a domestic terrorist, unless said company manufactures Antifa face masks. The fact that Univison would be shy about not supporting a domestic terrorists speaks volumes about the state of our society. 

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