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Hispanics Get News in English The Pew Hispanic Center recently released a survey of Hispanics in the United States which found that three-quarters of Hispanics use English-language news to stay informed. The percentage rises to 93 percent of Hispanic voters who use English-language news. Roberto Suro, a former Washington Post reporter who heads the Pew Hispanic Center, told the Washington Times newspaper that it was "'striking' that so many use English-language media, especially considering that 61 percent of those surveyed were foreign-born Hispanics. 'These results show that . . . English exercises a very powerful appeal to those who come to this country." Suro said. Maria Cardona, Vice-President of the Hispanic Project at the New Democrat Network, responded that Spanish-language media is still crucial to reach the Hispanic voter. "Two-thirds of Hispanics are watching Spanish-language media or switching back and forth," she told the Times. Cardona also told the Times that "recently arrived immigrants are 'up for grabs' politically, because they 'don't have the ties to the Democratic Party that native-born Latinos may have." 
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