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i want to talk about this but coming 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 in
the area
and workers began taking action 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 sliced workers is boys is on the jobs when it comes to being
able to organize union ever go against these conditions
and strikes have reportedly already taken place in california washington and
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
bites i don't know if i'm 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 t_v_
i go to a new station while martz got bad 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 tow bar
was interviewed by carol costello i'm no big fan of carol costello i think she's
just kind of a band 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 they're just 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 opportunity 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 live a strong middle-class lifestyle on that you just can't
but our jobs like incentives in the best jobs in the retail industry
i went out and i think i've been amazed at how did he like 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 was
seventeen dollars and pay period which is very affordable and we also paid
quarterly bonuses which is something that not a lot of retailers do
and just this past quarter eighty two percent of those little says he's
received a bonus and we know that they appreciate that they also get a ten
percent discount cards that you have a facile let's analyze that that is being
called by the right
ambush journalism all sorts of step now what do i see their icy
the tiny is a bit of resistance from carol costello and asking the real
question and that i see david's hobart un unchallenged citing this statistic
that the average full timer makes twelve forty in our not mentioning wait a
second
that's counting executive salaries averaged 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 you get twelve forty but it's not realistic the mean is not representative
of the median in this case right
and on or about on somebody's talking about these bonuses
they're handed out was bonuses go to the store managers bradley who are really
making tons of money employees do get some britain about bonus has been a
fractional exaggerate the fact that the dod store managers can get massive
bonuses based on how will restore is doing a given month reporter so that is
being called by the right liberal media bias
let me play for you gave it to a bar same spokesman
being interviewed on fox news by stuart varney known and to union crusader
stuart varney
pay attention specifically to the questions
that stuart varney apt
and you tell me what by experts take a listen lewis
more malts rolling back the prices and it's rolling up their sleeves of the
major flight against millions
on black friday unions apply to help more malt liquor stage a massive walkout
complete with flash marks in justice themed caroling but wal-mart is fighting
back by filing a complaint against one of the biggest unions they veto bought
is wal-mart's vice president of communications david you've taken on the
united food and commercial workers union not beleive you filed this new complaint
against them is that enough just off any walk out the day after thanksgiving our
viewers maybe some warm our shop with a one of the they're gonna hit these uh...
these roadblocks
okay for this question number one
what about the shoppers will baby able to shop
let's move ahead with time in the next questions that he actually alone if if i
can find giving up they're doing your vessel
is around black friday we think it's gonna be an awesome day admitted she
really did add garlic i'd know you do if you're out there doing your best walmart
but what can you stop these protests have on the stand point fighter jet
i know you're talking about what's best for walk for wal-mart
but can you stop these evil protests
which i'm not even gonna tell my audience why they're protesting that's
completely missing from the discussion
and i'm gonna keep serving up questions to you about how can we stop of the
protesters
this is ninety four union how can we fight news now let me give you a list of
questions that he followed up with the asp
weather
want can wal-mart sue the workers union that's a hard-hitting question from
stuart varney what can you look at walmart thinking you can use to
the unions because the workers are striking
and then going on and saying
uh... if your workers are
walk off the job
will you fire them
what a great balanced support of question given what's going on here and
all of the acu allegations against walmart briley question
would you agree
that you're in for a tough four years because this administration a ko bomber
is no randy
so wal-mart
ladies and gentlemen
says this is garbage this is that this is a garbage interview
stuart varney is allowed to go out there
and doing this this let let me to come up for you david so far
and that apparently is journalism
and carol costello says
if someone makes fifteen grand full-time
they're not really living
that that's too far guys that's that's liberal bias
uh... white why can't you while you automatically targeted
by either side for asking tough questions i mean that we want tough
questions asked
exactly doesn't that good journalism and just and that that's the word barney
questions does work tough
they just weren't tough revealing the even uh...
terror costello she didn't really follow-up melting things we said that
they had a gun and
even carol costello
was basically crumbling under talking points for a while mark and she was
cheated it
mid-week removably talking this kid nature of this ladies and gentlemen
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