Last week, Univision reporter and immigrant Jorge Ramos was kicked out of a Trump press conference for speaking without permission.
According to First Look, Ramos began questioning Trump on his immigration stance, which is calling for a mass deportation of immigrants in the U.S., including children who are natural born citizens.
At first, Ramos was ignored. Then, Trump told him to sit down repeatedly and said "Go back to Univision." When Ramos refused to sit down and continued his questioning, he was forcibly removed from the press conference. Ramos eventually was allowed back in and spoke with Trump, but the damage seemed to have already been done.
Now, there are arguments being made in Ramos's defense, but also against his actions.
Some journalists, like Politico's Marc Caputo, who took to Twitter to show his distaste for what Ramos did, is claiming that his actions were biased and that he was taking news too personally, which is unethical and really irresponsible for a journalist to do.
The Washington Post published a piece with the headline, "Jorge Ramos is a conflict junkie, just like his latest target: Donald Trump," in which The Post reports that Ramos has taken personal offense to some of Trump's comments about Mexican immigrants.
This begs the question: is Ramos's outburst an act of journalism or activism?
As a member of the journalism community, I myself am torn. I think if I was in the same position as Ramos, and constantly being ignored when trying to ask a fair and valid question, I would also refuse to sit down.
At the same time, Ramos is in a unique position where his actions could be- and are being taken the wrong way. Promoting a bias and even possibly an agenda, whether good or bad, is an unethical move as a professional journalist.
So, should the journalism community come to his side or continue to show distain for his actions? I think that it is a gray area in which we will see a lot of journalists on both sides.





















