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  • Is this a cruel joke??

    are you KIDDING me???   Wal-Mart?   is this a cruel joke?  when i saw this, i nearly spat out my fair-trade, organically-grown tea!!

    how can you write a glowing article about one of the WORST environmental villains of our time?   does the word "GREENWASH" mean anything to you?  when you left the interview, did you notice that someone had taped a "kick me" sign to your back?  

    and what's with all the softball questions?  

    • "what motivated you?"
    • "you're selling organics, right?"
    • targets? timing? rethinking?

    thanks, katie couric.  now back to the real news.  blech!   how do you EVEN call yourself a journalist, ms. griscom little?  

    wal-mart can make all the changes they have outlined without breaking a sweat and without altering their business model.  (and apparently while getting RAVE reviews from short-sighted greenies like you.)  

    they will continue to build more stores on the outskirts of towns, leading to more development, more sprawl, more driving, more pollution, etc.   this is their business model.   they drain the life-blood out of small towns and kill small, independent businesses.  this is their business model.  and don't get me started on their labor practices.  why didn't you ask mr. wal-mart about health care for his employees?  it's non-existent.  THAT is their business model.  

    grist - you have really let me down.   unless you come up with a rebuttal and redeem yourselves, i don't want to read your little publication any more.   do your freakin' homework!!!    how about interviewing some of the people whose lives have been destroyed by wal-mart?  how about doing the math on how much acreage they have wiped out all over the country?  how about really looking at their supply chain?   how about rampant consumerism for cheap crap made by child labor in third world countries?  

    how about acting like grist?  a beacon in the smog, my arse.   if i want glowing stories about how wonderful wal-mart is i'll watch Fox News.
    On An interview with Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott posted 3 years, 7 months ago 22 Responses