Univision news reports fails to disclose ties to the Clinton Foundation

"The ties between the Clintons and the Spanish language television network run deep."

There was no mention of the network’s partnership with the Clinton Foundation in a May 4 segment on Univision’s nightly news program about allegations that donations to the foundation affected Hillary Clinton’s decisions during her tenure as secretary of state.

Talan [Univision spokeswoman] declined to respond specifically to questions about disclosing the network’s relationship with the foundation in its reporting.

Domenzain [a liberal strategist who was a founding producer on Univision’s Sunday news show “Al Punto” and who ran Obama’s Hispanic media outreach in the 2012 election] said she thought the network should always note the partnership whenever covering the Clinton Foundation.

“Even if it’s apolitical, for childhood education … given that the foundation most likely will be a center theme in this campaign, that yes, these are alliances that should be put out in the open,” Domenzain said. “When covering the political aspect of it, yes they should, and they’re going to be much more under the microscope because of that.”

Then there’s the subject of Univision’s owner, billionaire media mogul [Haim] Saban, who purchased Univision in 2007 along with a group of investors. Saban has donated as much as $25 million to the Clinton Foundation, and his wife sits on its board. He has said it’s a dream of his to see Hillary Clinton elected. The week before Bill Clinton’s Univision appearance, Saban hosted a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton in California.

“As much as is needed,” Saban said in July when asked by Bloomberg Politics how much he’d give to the Clinton campaign. “I think she would be great for the country and great for the world.”

Despite Saban’s Clinton fandom, a firewall exists between editorial and corporate, Univision’s Talan wrote in an email.