NO.
For so many reasons.
I've bee meaning to watch the Frontline piece Is Wal-Mart Good For America for ages now and I finally sat down in front of my computer for an hour and knocked it out. I saw the Wal-Mart Movie last month with ~300 other Philadelphians and it made me want to watch this 2004 piece even more.
Wal-Mart's business practices to ship manufacturing overseas and encourage their suppliers to manufacture their goods overseas to meet Wal-Mart's pricing demands is pretty despicable. Seeing them testify in court against American companies on behalf of illegally price cutting Chinese manufacturers is despicable. Seeing their VPs weasel through questions is despicable.
It's a good, educational hour.
Wow, I hadn't seen this, even though Wal-mart is one of my favorite corporate targets and I normally take every opportunity to watch them get bashed (usually with an evil grin on my face). Thanks for pointing it out!
Posted by: howard | December 29, 2005 at 02:09 AM