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Wednesday, July 21   >>

It's hard to comment about this without being absolutely biased. 

There's Univision.  There's Telemundo.  There's TeleAztecas.  There's more.

I would like to speak on behalf of a large, no, HUGE mass of Hispanics/Latinos (what have you ever what) who are absolutely against these networks.

It's THOSE channels that give Hispanics/Latinos/... a bad reputation.  I, for one, despise it when someone makes fun of someone's race just for kicks.  It's rather stupid, and they always refer to Latino television for justification:

"Well, you guys have all that salsa shit and stuff like all the time."

They're as smart as they are articulate.  Fuck them. 

But they do have reason -- sometimes.  I was viewing some Spanish television this morning and noticed the utter lack of sophistication in news, weather and traffic.  It's pathetic.  Now, I'm not saying everyone has to go all IBM/CBS on us, but I'd really love to know what's going on in the world withOUT the carribean beats.

Then there's the pathetically sophomoric humor in the "sitcoms" where adults dress like children, act like children, and are supported by stupendously obvious (and fabricated) laugh tracks. 

Putting aside these "sitcoms", I'd really like to focus on their morning show.  There's this one particular guy in a program called Despierta America (in English, that means "Wake Up, America") who has the attention span and calmness of a 6-year-old kid on Pixie Stix.  I see this fucker ALL THE TIME all over Spanish television.

He's very famous.  You might've seen him on 1-800-COLLECT ads.  You might know who I'm talking about.

Well, it's obvious that this chap LOVES attention.  If he's not talking, he's making "funny" faces or just being so fucking stupid it makes my nerves pop.

Then there's the coordinated dancing among the 4 regulars (two men, two women), DAILY, which is for birthday announcements.

...Did I mention the Merengue beats behind it all? 

It's horrible.  They're the reason Spanish television gets a bad name.  To tell you the truth, I cannot find ONE program appealing to me, and it's no wonder why the whole fucking world thinks we party all the time despite all the shit going on in the world.

Now they're either hitting Big Brother-esque reality TV, wannabe American Idols or just shitting out another novela.

Now, let me just get this straight for the record:  I am not bothered by novelas.  No, I am not a fan, but as terrible as they are, they're just as terrible on English speaking television.  Thank you.

On behalf of that large community of "us" -- We're not all people who want dumbed-down information fed to us in a fucking sip-cup.  We want our news, without personality and without spin.  We want real programming on Spanish television, especially those who can only speak Spanish.  It's hard to swallow the thought of people I know who yearn for good programming and are limited to those awful, awful stations.

I feel sorry for them.

So before you "get all up-ons" on a race because of their "representing" station, wake the fuck up and realize that there's more to culture and ideology beyond the fucking TV.

Despierta, America -- It's time to learn.