Folkenflick repeatedly referred to "union leader."
That's not what he's supposed to do.
Not per NPR's ethical guidelines. As NPR's Standards & Practices editor Mark Memmot wrote:
(“Memmos;” Dec. 9, 2016)
Notes
Don’t Call Them ‘Union Bosses’ #
Unless you’re working on the script of an On The Waterfront
remake, the phrase “union boss” isn’t how you should refer to the
elected leader of an organization representing the interests of workers.
The person’s title is good enough.
So Folkenflick should have called Chuck Jones "president of the United Steelworkers Local 1999 union."
Should have . . . but never did.
Maybe it was Folkenflick's December 9th appearance on CBS News that prompted Memmot's December 9th post?
