May 4, 2005

Can't WM Pay More?

Russell Roberts picks apart Stephen Greenhouse's "fake" NYTimes story about Wal-Mart paying too little:

There's no real news story here. It's not like someone discovered that Wal-Mart is using slave labor or not paying the minimum wage. That would be a news story. What we have instead is what I'd call a fake news story, generated by a press release from activists that plays to the sensibilities of a newspapers editors, reporters and readers.

Posted by Kevin on May, 4 2005 at 02:07 PM