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" Once you are an immigrant, you never forget that you are one. "
Jorge Ramos
Never Forget
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" You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power. "
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" Hate is contagious. A few seconds after Donald Trump has told me something hateful, somebody else repeats it. He has legitimized what people only dare say in their kitchens and bedrooms. "
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" I'm not seeing tough questions asked on American television. I'm not seeing those correspondents that would question those in power. It's like a club. We are not asking the tough questions. "
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" Trump's characterization of undocumented immigrants is, of course, absurd. Not only do the facts, well, trump his assertions, but his prejudiced views demonstrate a deep ignorance about Mexican immigrants in the United States. "
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" What I find most interesting about the U.S. is this idea of equality. That's what I'm trying to do with immigration. If what the founding fathers said is true, that we are all equal, then let's fight for that. "
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" The future of TV is not on TV. It's on the smaller screens we are all using in front of the television set. "
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" I sent Trump a handwritten note requesting an interview with my cell-phone number in it. That was a huge mistake. You should never, ever give your cell-phone number to Donald Trump. You know what he did with it? He put it on the Internet. "
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" You have to go through a mental and emotional process to recognize who you really are. I finally recognized that I cannot be defined by one country. "
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" Sometimes you have to ask the question as if it's going to be your last question - as if it's going to be the last time you talk to that person. "
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" The most important responsibility we have as journalists is to question those who are in power. I honestly believe that. "
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" Trump seems to think he can win the White House with only the white vote. I believe that the only way to win the White House is with the Latino vote. If the Republican candidate cannot get 33 percent of it, he cannot win the White House. "
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" There's a huge migration of eyeballs from television screens to cellphones, tablets, and laptops. More and more people prefer to watch their favorite shows at a time and a place of their own choosing. Appointment TV only happens when you are waiting for the doctor. "
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Time
Waiting
Doctor
" I have been asking if I'm an activist or a journalist. And my answer is very simple. I'm just a journalist who asks questions. "
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Asking
Simple
Just
" I don't like to put labels on anyone. I'm a reporter. I'd rather observe and describe and question. "
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Like
Put
Question
" My only weapon is the question. "
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Only
Weapon
Question
" When you talk to a Latin American president, they make you feel so tiny right from the beginning, right from the moment when they shake your hands. "
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American
Hands
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" We in the Hispanic community are truly tired of both the Democrats and the Republicans promising all of these things during the campaigns and then forgetting about it after the campaigns are over. "
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Community
Forgetting
Hispanic
" I don't think we've asked the right questions, the tough questions, at the right time, in Washington. "
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Tough
Think
Time
" When it comes to racism, discrimination, corruption, public lies, dictatorships, and human rights, you have to take a stand as a reporter because I think our responsibility as journalist is to confront those who are abusing power. "
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Responsibility
Think
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" Neutrality is for referees in a football game. You have to take a stand. The really, really good journalists always take a stand with those who have no power, with those who have no rights, and with those who have no voice. "
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You
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Voice
" You wouldn't expect ABC or any of the mainstream networks to take a position on immigration, health care, anything. But at Univision, it's different. We are pro-immigrant. That's our audience, and people depend on us. When we are better represented politically, that role for us will recede. "
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Care
Better
People
" It's a privilege to work as an anchor for Univision, but more important, I am amazed by how Latinos are transforming America. "
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" When journalists forget that our job is to question and annoy those in power, there can be huge consequences. "
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Forget
Consequences
Job
" Mexico will never accept U.S. military intervention. Mexicans always remember 1848. "
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Accept
Remember
Will
" My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made. "
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Journalism
You
Dream
" There used to be a tradition within the Hispanic community that, regardless of your political party, you would support undocumented immigrants. That ended with Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz. "
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" The Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci used to say that for her, an interview was like a war. I get the sense that we've forgotten that here in the United States. You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power. "
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You
See
Say
" I think as journalists, we have to keep our distance from power. "
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I Think
Keep
Power
" Young Latinos have been telling me that they want to register to vote because of Donald Trump. Not because they want to vote for him but because they want to vote against him. "
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Young
" You have to show reality as it is, not as you wish it to be. "
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Wish
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