Some Wal-Mart video, but not much

Posted by Rob Walker on April 10, 2008
Posted Under: Backlashing,Update

Some of the Wal Mart video mentioned yesterday is making it to the airwaves, although so far it’s pretty disappointing.

Both ABC and MSNBC have chosen to highlight a clip of some Wal-Mart guys in drag at what I guess is a shareholder meeting. The spin is that it’s somehow relevant to claims of entrenched sexism in Wal-Mart management, but as far as I can see the networks are running it because it seems funny.

More interesting is this clip that ABC ran of former Wal-Mart board member John Tate shouting in a vaguely crazed manner that unions are “blood-sucking parasites.”

I believe that this is the Flagler YouTube channel, but looks like most of what’s there is more geared toward promoting Flagler than anything else.

[Thanks Braulio for the ABC clips.]

Further diversion may be found at MKTG Tumblr, and the Consumed Facebook page.

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