PPT Slide
NOT ALL MINERS ARE CREATED EQUAL:
Nine months of a dramatic coal strike against the Pittston Company in Virginia (23 network minutes) received far less coverage than eight days of a coal strike in the Soviet Union (37 minutes). The takeover of a coal processing plant by the Pittston strikers — the first major plant takeover since the Flint (Michigan) sitdown strike of 1937 — was ignored by all three networks and the New York Times. Source: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, www.fair.org