Shoplifting is big news; stealing millions from workers is not

Citation

Keehner, S (2021, July 19). Shoplifting Is Big News; Stealing Millions From Workers Is Not. FAIR.

The piece compares the number of news stories written about a single shoplifting incident (300+) with the number of news stories written about a large wage theft settlement (1). The author uses these examples to argue that crimes committed by individual people, often poor people or people of color, are given more attention than crimes committed by corporations.