(2003-05-18) — Wal-Mart announced today that it will offer more books and recordings that most people don’t want. The move comes in response to an article in The New York Times which said that the nation’s biggest retailer sells too many conservative and faith-oriented books and videos effectively homogenizing the culture.
“We have no right to force our customers to buy millions of copies of Bernard Goldberg, Ann Coulter, Michael Savage, the Left Behind series, the Bible and Veggie Tales videos,” said an unnamed Wal-Mart spokesman. “It’s our obligation to occupy shelf space with things that our customers don’t want to buy.”
Editors at The New York Times said they still may exclude Wal-Mart sales figures when compiling the NYT best-seller list.
“If you look at Wal-Mart sales,” said an unnamed editor, “You would think that America was made up of generally-conservative people who have faith in God. Here in New York we know that’s not true. The best-seller list should reflect the real American culture as we know it.”
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Wal-Mart To Offer More Books That Few People Read
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1 American RealPolitik // May 18, 2003 at 11:57 am
Hard to Believe this is Satire
Wal-Mart To Offer More Books That Few People Read (2003-05-18) — Wal-Mart announced today that it will offer more books and recordings that most people don’t want. The move comes
2 OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY // May 19, 2003 at 9:12 am
NYT VS. WAL-MART
ScrappleFace has a good parody of the recent decision from the NYT to exclude Wal-Mart sales when compiling their best seller lists: Wal-Mart To Offer…
3 cut on the bias // May 19, 2003 at 11:57 am
Because it’s Wal-Mart!!
I have to add one more thing. Craig at Lead and Gold takes down a NY Times article that gets
4 Five Points // May 19, 2003 at 2:55 pm
The Buying Power of Wal-Mart
This entertaining article (link requires registration)from the New York Times laments the “homogenization” of our culture at the hands of Wal-Mart executives. Apparently, too many conservative Bush-Red State people are making their opinions known throu…
5 Dean's World // May 19, 2003 at 8:57 pm
Fun-neee!
Someone should pay Scott Ott millions of dollars to write full time. He’s really funny today. Oh, he always is, but this one is especially…