Univision Live Online News & TV: Network Apologizes For Using Hitler to Promote Chabelo Memes
Memes can be a good way to get followers to interact on social media, though it does not always brings positive attention, as Univision learned.
The Spanish channel company posted a meme of Hitler beside Mexican actor Chabelo, notes BuzzFeed. The tweet, which linked to a gallery of Chabelo memes, wasn't immediately taken down, but it soon spread through the social media channel.
Eventually, Univision took it down and apologized for the image.
"We are very sorry about the images published today," Iveliesse Malave, vice president of consumer and entertainment public relations, said. "At Univision we respect diversity and don't tolerate oppression. The images were removed immediately after they were brought up to our attention."
Social media users were upset that this tweet was published during the Gaza strip conflict.
As one user said, "@Univision @UniNoticias you should be ashamed of this little joke in a moment that's so anti-Semitic."
Another said, "How embarrassing @Univision! Inexcusable."
Others tried to spread the word of what Univision tweeted, which led some to say that Univision usually has questionable content on its social media pages.
Recently, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz released a letter denouncing Israeli "genocide," and they were also met with backlash. Bardem and Cruz had the support of many other Spanish actors.
Jon Voight penned a letter slamming the actors.
He said: "You have been able to become famous and have all your monetary gains because you are in a democratic country: America. Do you think you would have been able to accomplish this in Iran, Syria, Lebanon, et cetera? You had a great responsibility to use your celebrity for good. Instead, you have defamed the only democratic country of goodwill in the Middle East: Israel."
Voight said the Spanish actors' letter could "incite anti-Semitism."
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