Why Don’t We Have More Hispanic Talking Heads?

Lost in Translation

TV pundits love to talk about the importance of Latino voters. But why aren’t more Hispanics speaking for themselves? Jamie Reno reports.

Published Nov. 11 2012 4:45AM EST

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It’s official: Latinos are now the nation’s most coveted “new” voting bloc, and they’ll have a record 31 members in Congress come January. But amid all the talk of Hispanics’ new political

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Why Don’t We Have More Hispanic Talking Heads?

TV pundits love to talk about the importance of Latino voters. But why aren’t more Hispanics speaking for themselves? Jamie Reno reports.

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Jamie Reno