Latino media grapples with how to cover the Nury Martinez scandal
LOS ANGELES — Javier Cabral had never been tested as L.A. Taco’s editor in chief like he was after audio leaked Oct. 9 of then-L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez making racist remarks.
As a tiny publication, there was no way L.A. Taco could overpower the larger media outlets covering the Latino civic leaders who had trashed a colleague’s Black toddler, Oaxacans and others in a secretly recorded 2021 meeting about redistricting.
But the “street-level angle” that has made L.A. Taco a beloved media underdog became apparent when investigative reporter Lexis-Olivier Ray saw a tweet asking for a list of Oaxacan restaurants to support in Koreatown.
“As soon as he said it, I was like, ‘Bam!’ That was it,” Cabral said. “That was our story.”
In podcasts, newspaper columns and on indie sites over the past week, Latino
