KTRK evening anchor Mayra Moreno is defending how she pronounces Spanish named during English language broadcasts.
“Why must you pronounce Hispanic sounding names with a Hispanic accent?” a viewer who claimed to be a former White House writer from 1989-1990. “You are not in a Spanish-speaking country so stop trying to pretend that you are. I don’t speak Spanish and I don’t intend to learn it from you.”
Moreno is bilingual and of Mexican heritage. “Spanish is my first language and I’m pronouncing it how it’s supposed to be pronounced in Spanish.
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