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Why is the Same Job Done In Spanish Worth Less?

11:43 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · language|San Francisco|TV · Comments Off

17 Jul 2008

2296564229_49818c988c.jpgIs the same news, reported in a different language, Spanish for example, worth less? According to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle it is.

Reporters at San Francisco’s leading Spanish-language TV news station, KDTV/Univision, make roughly one quarter less in base pay than their English-language counterparts. This despite the fact that the Spanish newscast attract more viewers in the 25-54 demographic than every other newscast in the Bay Area save the top-rated KGO-TV.

How to explain the disparity?

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