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Forbes
2 days ago
- Politics
- Forbes
Jorge Ramos, On His Digital Reinvention: ‘I'm Not Ready To Retire'
Jorge Ramos, in the studio where he films "Así Veo Las Cosas" — his news series that blends ... More journalism with the intimacy of social media. To Jorge Ramos, neutrality is a four-letter word. After nearly four decades as a Univision anchor — a high-profile perch that eventually turned him into, according to The Guardian, the best-known journalist in the Spanish-speaking world — the 67-year-old Ramos left behind the television news industry that defined much of his career to launch an independent, internet-based news program. His new show, which debuted in June and can be found across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and X, is called Asi Veo las Cosas — Spanish for 'That's how I see things.' In other words, it's not the kind of show that clings to the familiar 'voice from nowhere' objectivity that characterizes much of legacy journalism. Instead, Asi Veo las Cosas is largely an extension of Ramos' world view — which he described in a phone interview with me as, basically, 'pro-immigrant, pro-democracy, and pro-freedom.' Why Jorge Ramos believes journalism should take a stand 'I personally have no problem with objectivity,' said Ramos, who was born in Mexico and moved to the U.S. in the 1980s to escape press censorship. 'If something is red, we say it's red. If 16 people died, we say 16. And if you make a mistake, you correct it and move on. But sometimes, and I understand this might be controversial in certain places, sometimes as a journalist you have to take a stand. 'I don't think neutrality is a journalistic value.' Of course, no one who's followed his career up to this point needs him to spell that out. After all, he's built a career out of amplifying the voices of marginalized communities and confronting politicians — from calling President Obama 'deporter-in-chief' during a Univision interview in 2014 to his tense exchange with Venezuelan dictator Nicholas Maduro in 2019 at the presidential palace in Caracas, during which he called the strongman 'illegitimate.' And now, he's running a digital platform with a clear point of view, one that's both a reinvention and a return to form — bringing him closer to the audiences he's always fought for. He spends time during his broadcasts, for example, responding directly to viewers. One recent episode found him speaking directly to the camera about a woman named Yocari Villagómez who'd lived in the U.S. for 12 years, with no criminal record. Despite being married to an American citizen, she was told she had to leave — and so made the difficult decision to self-deport to Mexico, with her husband by her side. In recent days, he also traveled to Brooklyn to surprise a young student named Camila who wants to follow in Ramos' professional footsteps. 'I knew that after television I needed to reinvent myself,' Ramos said. 'At 67, I'm not ready to retire. I see the numbers — millions of people viewing what I'm doing online — and the immediate communication I have with the audience that I didn't have before.' Still, he admits the shift comes with challenges. 'I'm still figuring out how to monetize a news operation like the one I'm in,' he added. But for Ramos, the motivation is about more than business. 'I believe that journalists never retire. And I still have a battle to fight.' At the center of that battle is the animating force — contrapoder, a Spanish word that literally means to be against power — that's characterized his work for pretty much the entirety of his career. 'I think that as journalists, we have two main responsibilities: The first one is to report reality as it is, not as we wish it would be. And the second one, which is the most important social responsibility that we have, is to question and to challenge those who are in power. I think if we applied this to every situation – Democrats or Republicans, tyrants or not — and if you as a journalist always try to position yourself as contrapoder, in other words on the other side of power, you will be fine.' This philosophy also places Ramos squarely inside a broader debate about objectivity. For much of the 20th century, American journalism upheld what the Columbia Journalism Review recently described as a belief that 'detached fact-finding' is the highest standard worth pursuing. But critics like NYU's Jay Rosen argue that this approach has granted journalists 'unearned authority' and discouraged them from owning perspectives for which there is no alternative viewpoint. Ramos agrees. For him, neutrality in the face of things like racism, human rights violations, or corruption is actually closer to complicity. In fact, it was watching American journalists freely criticize President Ronald Reagan that convinced him to stay in his adopted country. 'I love this country,' Ramos said of the U.S.. 'This country gave me opportunities my country of origin couldn't. But I've never seen so much fear out there as I see now. However, I think this too shall pass. The essence of the United States — freedom, diversity, opportunity — will prevail. But we have to fight for it. Like never before.'
CNN
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
‘Journalists have always been under siege': Kara Swisher reflects on state of journalism
Anderson Cooper hosts a panel of journalists, including Abby Phillip, Jorge Ramos, Connie Chung, Walter Isaacson, Bret Stephens, and Kara Swisher, to discuss the state of journalism after CNN's telecast of 'Good Night, and Good Luck.'
CNN
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
‘Journalists have always been under siege': Kara Swisher reflects on state of journalism
Anderson Cooper hosts a panel of journalists, including Abby Phillip, Jorge Ramos, Connie Chung, Walter Isaacson, Bret Stephens, and Kara Swisher, to discuss the state of journalism after CNN's telecast of 'Good Night, and Good Luck.'
Sunday World
13-05-2025
- Business
- Sunday World
Ryanair ordered to pay €250 to passenger for delaying flight for three hours
The judge in the city of Zaragoza indicated in her ruling that no extraordinary circumstances occurred on the flight, as the airline had claimed Ryanair has been ordered by a judge in Spain to pay €250 to a passenger whose flight was delayed by more than three hours. The judge in the city of Zaragoza also indicated in her ruling that no extraordinary circumstances occurred on the flight, as the airline had claimed. The judge also suggested that some low-cost airlines attempt to save costs by not having enough aircraft, and attributing delays to extraordinary circumstances. The Irish airline was criticised by the judge for attempting to save costs and not doing everything possible to ensure that a flight left on time. The woman had filed a claim through an online legal services platform in Spain that specialises in helping individuals with various types of claims, including in airline, banking, and municipal tax disputes. According to the site, 'it is common practice for airlines to indicate to those affected by flight delays and cancellations that they are not entitled to compensation by claiming the incident had occurred due to force majeure. This is a catch-all term meaning an event (such as war, labour strike, or extreme weather) or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled and was unforeseeable by the airline. However, claims that 'on many occasions the purpose of this argument is to avoid financially compensating passengers because in reality such an extraordinary circumstance has not occurred'. Stock image News in 90 Seconds - May 13th "The Irish company always replied to the passenger that she was not entitled to compensation because the delay had occurred, according to her version, due to an unforeseeable and unavoidable extraordinary circumstance,' said Jorge Ramos, lawyer who took the case. 'However, our client did not sit idly by and, wanting to see her rights compensated, she decided to go to court through the legal team of to defend herself and obtain her financial compensation.' According to local media site El Periodico, Ryanair had defended the case in court where it was argued, the passenger was not entitled to any compensation because the real reason for the delay was that there were no plans available due to force majeure. However, legal team insisted that this circumstance was "totally avoidable", if all reasonable measures had been taken. The judge ruled that it is true that a company cannot have an aircraft at each airport ready to depart when unforeseen circumstances arise. However, the fact that an aircraft is assigned to several flights over a short period of time is due to a business decision, that considers cost reduction. However, that gives rise to a 'clear risk' that an incident or delay on one flight will affect all the remaining flights assigned to the aircraft. The judge decided that the 'lack of foresight' on the part of the company in the rotation from London to Zaragoza, in which it was already aware of a 'serious delay' caused in the London-Oporto rotation, caused further delay by not having adopted the necessary measures to avoid it. Ryanair was eventually ordered to pay the passenger an amount of €250 as a result of the delay that could have been avoided if the airline had not 'dedicated itself to saving so many costs and offered its customers better resources. According to the amount of €250 refers to the financial compensation that a passenger can claim for a flight delayed by more than three hours, if the flight distance is 1,500 km or less. Ramos pointed out a previous, similar ruling of May 16, 2024 where the European Court indicated that airlines must compensate cases of extraordinary circumstances if they do not demonstrate that they took all reasonable measures within their power to avoid it.
Yahoo
22-02-2025
- Yahoo
Illegal NYC migrant accused of running prostitution ring on Long Island charged with sex trafficking
An illegal migrant living in Queens was booked on sex trafficking charges on Long Island Thursday after he allegedly coerced a woman into years of prostitution by threatening to show her family a video of her with a john, officials said. Mexican national Jorge Ramos, 55, allegedly operated a prostitution ring since 2019, using numerous Nassau County hotels – including the Marriott in Uniondale and Hyatt Place in Garden City — to arrange the illegal hook-ups, according to court documents. 'They are horrific and unfortunately, often hidden in plain sight,' Nassau District Attorney Anne Donnelly said of the alleged crimes during a Friday press conference. 'These women are victims, victims of this man's sex trafficking, and we need to stand up and help the victims of these crimes.' At the moment, there are three confirmed victims tied to Ramos, she added. The ages of the victims are 31, 44, and 53, and all three are in the country legally, an official told The Post. Ramos, who lives in Astoria, warned one victim in November 2023 that if she didn't keep working for him, he would show her family or even police a video he secretly recorded of her naked in bed with sex buyer, the felony complaint states. Fearful she'd face ridicule from relatives or criminal charges from authorities, the victim continued to work for Ramos until this past July, according to the complaint. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said during the Friday press briefing Ramos was in the country illegally after traveling to the US from Mexico. Working papers Ramos might have had were expired, he noted. 'Mr. Ramos is accused of human sex trafficking as well as other charges,' Blakeman said. 'This is an important case because it illustrates the necessity to make sure that people who are here illegally and commit serious crimes are arrested and brought to justice.' An investigation was opened last July after authorities received a tip on possible human trafficking, according to Nassau police chief of detectives Chris Ferro. Ramos is facing charges of sex trafficking, second-degree promoting prostitution and third-degree promoting prostitution, prosecutors said. He was held on $250,000 cash or $500,000 bond during his court arraignment Friday. A message to his lawyer was not immediately returned Friday afternoon.
