[opendtv] Re: "Is Wal-Mart Good for America?"

There is an interesting report on Wal-Mart from the THE DEMOCRATIC 
STAFF OF THE  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE  U.S. HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES.  It can be downloaded at 
http://edworkforce.house.gov/democrats/WALMARTREPORT.pdf. It describes 
how Wal-Mart keeps their pricing low, by passing normal business costs 
to state and local governments, gutting small businesses, promoting 
outsourcing, hiring illegal aliens, working their employees 
off-the-clock, and discriminating against women.

More relevant to this forum, some Wal-Marts, if not all,  will not sell 
letter-boxed videos, forcing large DVD producers like MGM Home 
Entertainment,  to create pan-and-scan versions of their products for 
sale to Wal-Mart.  Better products, indeed!

As for PBS being left-leaning, this is the network that succumbed to 
funding fears and banned two Academy Award winning Documentaries, 
numerous "controversial programs",  and a Woody Allen comedy special.

I do favor outsourcing PBS to Europe, however, as it would replace 
those endless Yanni concert fund raisers with a good old-fashioned 
Jerry Lewis Film Festival.



On Nov 22, 2004, at 5:12 AM, Henry Baker wrote:

> Other than the standard PBS left-leaning agenda, this is an
> interesting program.  Here is a company that is winning the
> old-fashioned way -- bringing better products to the consumer
> at lower prices -- and they get trashed for cutting off high
> cost suppliers and drawing customers away from high-priced
> competitors.
>
> Why doesn't PBS move to Europe, where it belongs ?
>
> At 07:45 AM 11/21/2004, Monty Solomon wrote:
>> FRONTLINE
>>
>> Is Wal-Mart Good for America?
>> November 16, 2004
>> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/
>>
>> Watch online
>> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/view/
>
>
>
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