NHMC Seeks Official Updates to 'Hate in the Media' Report

The National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) is asking Congress and the Federal Communications Commission to update a 1993 report on hate in the media. Alex Nogales, president and CEO of NHMC, presented a three-pronged approach that aimed to attenuate the problem as well as provided a methodology created by UCLA that attempts to scientifically identify hateful language. NHMC argues that the most effective strategy to lessen media-engendered hate would be to utilize a system based on UCLA's research to identify hateful rhetoric, government acceptance of the petition, and an update to the 1993 "Role of Telecommunications in Hate Crime" report.