Telemundo Scores Obama Sit-Down Interview After Univision's Jorge Ramos Blasted President

The Telemundo network has announced that they have landed an interview with President Obama to talk about Syria. It is the "first interview to a Spanish-language television network since asking for congressional approval for a military strike against the Assad regime in Syria," the NBCUniversal owened network said in a statement. Television journalist, Jose Díaz-Balart will be conducting the sit-down with Obama and bits will be aired on Noticiero Telemundo on Tuesday (September 17) at 6:30pm ET/PT. The complete interview is expected to run on Díaz-Balart's Sunday show, "Enfoque." Obama is set to talk about Latino focused issues like the immigration reform, Obamacare and the crisis in Syria.

News of Telemundo scoring the coveted one-on-one with the U.S. President comes in the hells of Univision News anchor, Jorge Ramos, blasting Obama for snubbing Hispanic media last week. "Pres. Obama gives 6 interviews today. None of those to Univision. Why? Hispanics also care about Syria. Same mistake as presidential debates," Ramos tweeted. "150,000+ Latinos are serving in the U.S. military. But none of the 6 interviews given today by Obama include Univision #LessonsNOTlearned." Jorge seemed to have indirectly helped rival Telemundo score the huge exclusive.

Obama sat down with television journalists from NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX News, CNN and PBS and snubbed Spanish-language outlets like Univision and NBC-owned Telemundo. The Miami-based network issued an official statement that says, "What happens in Syria is important to Univision News’ audience. As the fastest growing demographic in the U.S. the decisions that are made by our government on issues like this one have a direct impact in their lives and their future. The U.S. Hispanic community has the right to be well informed and receive all the news and information they need from the news source they trust the most. It’s disappointing to see the lack of interest to reach our audience on this important issue."