Summary: <p>From the Johnson & Johnson pause to talk of “break-through cases” among the already-vaccinated, we’re facing an onslaught of dispiriting and confusing vaccine news. On this week’s On The Media, a guide to separating the facts from the noise. Plus, why pro-labor journalists got the story of an Amazon warehouse union drive so wrong. And, how media coverage of labor movements has morphed over the past century.</p> <p>1. Nsikan Akpan [<a href="https://twitter.com/MoNscience">@MoNscience</a>], health and science editor at WNYC, and Kai Kupferschmidt [<a href="https://twitter.com/kakape">@kakape</a>], contributing correspondent at Science Magazine, on how best to consume the non-stop vaccine news. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/breaking-news-consumers-handbook-vaccine-edition">Listen.</a> </p> <p>2. Jane McAlevey [<a href="https://twitter.com/rsgexp">@rsgexp</a>], labor organizer and senior policy fellow at the University of California at Berkeley’s Labor Center, on how the mood in Bessemer, Alabama turned from optimism to defeat. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/bessemer-amazon-on-the-media">Listen.</a></p> <p>3. Chris Martin [<a href="https://twitter.com/chrismartin100">@chrismartin100</a>], professor of digital journalism at the University of Northern Iowa, on the historical devolution of the labor beat. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/how-mainstream-media-abandoned-working-class-on-the-media">Listen.</a> </p> <p><em>Music from this week's show:</em></p> <p><em>Fallen Leaves - Marcos Ciscar</em> </p> <p><em>Let’s Face The Music & Dance - Harry Roy & His Orchestra</em></p>
