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Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 19:53:14 -0800
From:  "Ross A. Smith" <rosssmith@charter.net>

        When you learn to read between the lines of the Oregonian's slanted stories, you can see very clearly how their far left agenda emerges, and the shape it takes. Take the featured story on Wal-Mart today, where the Washington Post writer tells us how the attack against Wal-Mart "is
predictable," and "is par for the course," without revealing predictable by whom, what the course is or what is considered par. The impression the Oregonian is trying to create here is that Wal-Mart has it coming, in offering America such attractive savings, at what the piece claims is on the backs of Wal-Mart employees, who are underpaid and under-benefitted -- according to Wal-Marts critics -- not the employees themselves.

        The article even says this anti Wal-Mart campaign just "seems to be happening," as though it emerged out of nowhere and just "seems" to somehow to have taken a life of its own.
        This of course is all pure bull (excrement). The attack upon Wal-Mart is a carefully coordinated assault by (promoters of organized labor) who have failed miserably in their attempts to unionize Wal-Mart workers, who are plenty happy with their employer, thank you very much.
        And the Oregonian does not even have the courage to identify these (labor union grouups) as the source of the attack on Wal-Mart, with support from Ted Kennedy and other left-wing liberals, implying instead that this is all a result of some nebulous rising up that "seems to be happening" from out of
nowhere, due to Wal-Marts failed employee policies.

        The story finally mentions these (union groups) at the end of the article, in telling us that Wal-Mart's stingy employee policies are not the best way to achieve the best bottom line -- as if the company needs advice from employee unions on how to conduct their business. Finally the piece admits
that the head of the Service Workers union may have a hand in all of this, but claims (they are) not campaigning against Wal-Mart (in concert) with the Oregonian, neither party (the union or the newspaper) admitting up front what is really going on, and who is responsible for it.
        Once again, the Oregonian has a serious problem with telling its readers the truth -- up front -- when the truth is in conflict with the Oregonian's own left-wing agenda. And so it feeds its readers pure crap like this, hoping we are too stupid to notice what is really going. Show your support for Wal-Mart this Christmas by shopping there.  

ras

© 2005 Oregon Magazine for Ross Smith