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Puette, William J. "Media Portrayals of Organized Labor: The Limits of American Liberalism," University of Hawaii, Manoa, December 1989.
Leaders of the labor movement in this country have long held that the media in America regularly and consistently have portrayed unions in a negative light. Yet recently, other critics have complained that the media, at the same time, project an overall liberal bias in their reporting and portrayal of most political and social issues. This study analyzes the portrayal of labor unions commonly encountered in the movies, on television, and in the press in the context of the media’s reputed liberal bias. The study further offers a framework for understanding and interpreting typical media treatment of organized labor, including a case study of the extended coverage surrounding a local labor dispute, and a review of labor’s current efforts to form a viable response to this treatment.
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