Zogby vs Wal-mart

[MODU]

Our good friend Zogby is back in the news, or at least, the subject of another op-ed piece:

"Polling a pollster"

When the national press devoured a new union-sponsored poll released last week by uber-pollster John Zogby claiming that a majority of Americans believe that "Wal-Mart is bad for America," not reported were serious ethical issues which call into question the integrity of the much-ballyhooed survey.

    Perhaps because Mr. Zogby has such a sterling reputation -- which has enabled him to snare contracts with several top media outlets, including Reuters, NBC, and the Wall Street Journal -- his findings were reported largely unchallenged.

    But what no journalist would have known without digging is that Mr. Zogby cannot be considered an objective third-party when it comes to Wal-Mart. Without the presumption that the pollster was working solely to gauge scientifically the attitudes of the public, the poll loses much of its luster and becomes just another cog in Big Labor's coordinated campaign against the retailer.

    In recent years, Mr. Zogby has pocketed roughly $90,000 to serve as an expert witness for individuals suing Wal-Mart, according to testimony he gave in a deposition last year in an Arizona case. Nowhere is Mr. Zogby's prior work on behalf of plaintiffs mentioned in the press release announcing the poll results.

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[MODU]

very interesting,  yet americans continue to shop there.

I don't, but not because of what it is, but more because their stores are too crowded for my taste.  I like Target better.  Slightly higher prices, but less people bumping into you with their shopping carts. 

[MODU]

very interesting,  yet americans continue to shop there.

I don't, but not because of what it is, but more because their stores are too crowded for my taste.  I like Target better.  Slightly higher prices, but less people bumping into you with their shopping carts. 

I don't shop either mostly because I don't shop often,  if I go to a retail store I go to K mart it is closer.  There are like three Wal Marts  all almost equal distance from me.

hahaha . . . "Resistance is futile." 

I don't shop much either, except a run the grocery store every once in a while.  I pretty much have all the material possessions I need.  The only real shopping I do in stores is for Christmas, and even that I can do online these days.