Jeff Cohen: Will ABC News’ “Made in America” Series Avoid Their Boss, Disney?
This weekend ABC News is heavily promoting its special “Made in America” series that will run all week. From the promotions, it looks like the series will focus partly on what happens when a U.S. household seeks to remove all furnishings and other items from its home that are not made in America. Such a house apparently becomes nearly-barren and it’s no easy task to restock it with non-imported items.
Let me be clear: As long as they don’t descend into xenophobia, I applaud ABC News for devoting energy and time to this hugely important issue.
The U.S. public would benefit from knowing whether the household products we commonly consume are assembled in the U.S. or are imported — often from countries whose vicious policies on unions and workers rights would make Wisconsin Gov. Walker look like Mother Jones.
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