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i want to talk about this upcoming wal-mart strike that has been in the
news that i want to talk about media bias we're about to do a really good
case study here on media bias now the back story is that
large groups of labor and community workers are preparing to hold a huge
black friday protest at allot of wal-mart locations across
uh... really across the country okay
and um... this includes heat here in massachusetts actually louis
interestingly enough involved with jobs with justice which is a group
that's in the area
and workers began taking action that warehouses in retail stores last month
speaking out against low wages
speaking out against what they call unsafe working conditions in walmart
attempts to quote
slice workers is voices on the jobs when it comes to being able to organize
union a river go against these conditions
and strikes have reportedly already taken place in california washington in
texas so far
so let's get to the media bias analysis i think you're gonna like this
wal-mart spokesman david tow bar has been doing the media rounds okay
vice are often right about this but my sense is
that at walmart headquarters in uh... arkansas
they actually have a satellite setup and and they're able to basically patch in
david told bar
into any of the news networks the same way you know it when i'm on current tv
i go to a new station while marked a dot that all setup certainly they can afford
it so did the tow bar their spokesman
starts doing different media appearances so
the first media appearance i'm going to play for you
is on c_n_n_ david so far
was interviewed by carol costello i'm no big fan of carol costello i think she's
just kind of a pic of mediocre newsperson
she brought up the questions about
can we address the walmart poverty level wages in other words that
people are making fifteen thousand dollars a year they're considered quote
full time
but there does not making enough money to live on
this interview bit is being called a biased by the right indicating that she
is having anti big corporation bias by asking these questions
and that carol costello
is evidence that c_n_n_ is just a left-wing media outlet let's take a
listen will analyze
ability to make sure his employees can support
a strong middle-class lifestyle
you're working hard every day to provide more opportunities for associates me go
back to some other things i said your earlier about
you know i can handle it with a lot of making fifteen thousand dollars a year
you can't let the strong middle-class lifestyle on that you just can't
but our jobs and i guess there are some of the best jobs in the retail industry
and i went down in the one thing i've been amazed at how many fifteen thousand
dollars but what's the matter is now are are accurately
are our average reason about twelve dollars and forty cents an hour for four
times this year
we also uh... offer benetton uh... comprehensive benefits packages low
seventeen dollars and pay period which is very affordable and we also pay
quarterly bonuses which is something that not a lot of retailers do
and just this past quarter eighty two percent of those walls as he's received
a bonus
and we know that they appreciate that they also get a ten percent discount
card so you have a facile let's analyze that that is being called by the right
ambush journalism all sorts of stuff now what a life see their icy
the tiniest date of resistance from carol costello and asking the real
question and that i see david told bar
un unchallenged citing this statistic that the average full timer makes twelve
forty an hour
not mentioning wait a second
that's counting executive salaries average out
into that did the average actual store person taking into consideration that
the store manager makes a lot of money a lot of wal-mart store managers eagle my
my six figures
if u average that in yes do you get twelve forty but it's not realistic the
mean is not representative of the median in this case marie and on or about
on somebody's talking about these bonuses
they're handed out was bonuses go to the store managers brandy
who are really making tons of mud and place to get some britain about bonuses
but rap analyzer actually that that the the store managers kink in massive
bonuses based on
how will their stores do any given moment reporter so that is being called
by the right liberal media bias