http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/25204/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/bmi/networks-ignore-seiu-backing-fast-food-strikes <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> ABC and NBC also downplay widespread arrests of protesters. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/sean-long">Sean Long</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Fast food protests are all about the regular people, so long as you ignore the massive donors and organizers.</p> <p>After hundreds of fast food workers in cities across the country abandoned their jobs Sept. 4, to demand raises of more than 100 percent and the right to unionize, all three broadcast networks dutifully reported on the protests, but failed to point out the union that had organized the protests. </p><div class='signature'><p>— Sean Long is Staff Writer at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/@SeanLong717" target="_blank">Follow Sean Long on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bmi/networks-ignore-seiu-backing-fast-food-strikes" target="_blank">read more</a></p> MRC Business MRC Business Business Economy Labor Media abc Arrests cbs Fast Food fast food forward fast food protest fast food workers higher wages Labor living wage Minimum Wage minimum wage hike NBC protest SEIU Union wage increases Wages Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:02:49 +0000 julia.seymour 47097 at http://archive2.mrc.org