11
May
No News for the Working Class?
Guest-blogged by Doug George, MediaChannel editor.
In-depth reporting of issues affecting workers and immigrants has nearly disappeared from the American media landscape. Is the trend reversible? That’s today’s question in MediaChannel’s “Media Reform Runup,” a week-long feature of interviews and debates leading up to the May 13-15 Second National Conference for Media Reform. Author Liza Featherstone:
“While reporters used to be pretty working-class, often not even college educated, today they tend to be much more privileged, sheltered people. … The people writing and producing the news don’t really identify with the labor movement, or with working-class people. That inevitably affects the coverage.” more…
