Did newspapers used to have a Labor Section?

Eric J in MN

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Fri Apr-21-06 08:54 PM
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Did newspapers used to have a Labor Section?

Liberal radio host Thom Hartmann asked on his show today, "What happened to the Labor Section of the newspaper which I remember from when I was a kid in the sixties?"

I'm younger than Hartmann (I'm in my thirties) and I didn't know that newspapers used to have a Labor Section.

I've noticed that newspapers have a Business Section written from the management and shareholder point-of-view, and that that perspective isn't balanced.

But I didn't know that newspapers used to be better.

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bemildred

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Fri Apr-21-06 08:56 PM
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1. Yes, some did.

Things have changed a great deal in the last 40 years or so.

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AlCzervik

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Fri Apr-21-06 08:56 PM
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2. i heard that as well and i thought maybe he was talking about the help

wanted section.

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guinivere

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Fri Apr-21-06 08:56 PM
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3. I remember the Labor Section in one of the Chicago papers. nt

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brainshrub

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Fri Apr-21-06 09:04 PM
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4. Yes, they did. att one time reporters were heros in pop culture.

Edited on Fri Apr-21-06 09:05 PM by brainshrub

At one time newspaper reporters were considered hero's for the underdog and the interests of the working class. It was ingrained into the popular culture that reporters were forces for justice.

For example: Clark Kent was a newspaper reporter. Peter Parker was a photographer for a newspaper.

These days, the idea that a newman could be cast as a superhero is laughable.

The good news is that bloggers have filled that vacuum. I don't know of any super-hero bloggers 'tho. But I'm too old for comic books nowadays.

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acmejack

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Fri Apr-21-06 09:20 PM
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5. They did down here in Austin.

I will remember to check to make sure, I will be doing some archival work next week. But I am sure that I remember that they did.

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