How the Mainstream Media Abandoned the Working Class

'As the sometimes breathless coverage of the union vote in Bessemer, Alabama showed, labor stories are having a moment — in part due to the work of digital outlets since the Occupy movement, as well as increased attention on essential workers more broadly during the pandemic. But this surge in coverage is happening amid half a century of neglect of the labor beat, according to Christopher R. Martin, author of No Longer Newsworthy: How the Mainstream Media Abandoned the Working Class.' -- On the Media