Mike Rowe calls out lack of appreciation for blue-collar work
foxnews.comAs time passes, Americans are becoming less outwardly appreciative of blue-collar and gray-collar jobs, such as those in the trades, agriculture and elsewhere, "How America Works" host Mike Rowe said Friday, ahead of the new season of his Fox Business program.
On "Hannity," host Sean Hannity cited his early work in restaurants and labor-centric jobs, saying many Americans don't fully understand anymore what it takes to manufacture something or farm to a capacity that feeds the nation and world. "There are two different things.
Realization and appreciation," responded Rowe, the host of "Deadliest Catch" and "Dirty Jobs." "Most of us have never really realized it, but we've always intuitively appreciate it.
We know that when we flip the switch and the light comes on, that that's the result of a miracle. And that miracle is made possible by men and women doing things out of sight and out of mind." Fox Business Network launched 15 years ago, on October 15, 2007. (FOX) Rowe noted those two programs are at their core an attempt to "tap the country on the shoulder" to help it realize a "fundamental appreciation" for the underreported and often dangerous work they chronicle.
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