[KarlInOhio]

Interesting view into the media mind’s eye on how this was originally framed. What does the MSM have against Walmart? WM is the enabler of their Chicom buddies.

Walmart was "fine" until they started getting into the traditionally unionized grocery business. Suddenly the unions and the competing stores stuck with union contracts turned against them. I have no idea why discount stores like Wal-Mart generally have non-unionized and relatively short term employees, while groceries have longer term employees and are usually unionized, but when Wal-Mart crossed that line the long knives came out against them.

[Rinnwald]

Thanks, that’s as well-reasoned a reply that I have heard.

[GOPJ]

The reason Walmart traditionally had trouble with newspapers - and the MSM by default - was they would come into a small town - drive out many ‘mom and pops’ - the small business people that keep small newspapers alive - and then they DIDN'T advertise.

Walmart didn't destroy small town newspapers on purpose, it was an unintentional by-product of their low cost philosophy. In recent years they've started running ads - flyer's - in papers and much of the problem has gone away. There's still bad blood from the old Sam Walton days, but it's going away.