Monday, July 25, 2005
Gannett's Pensacola, Fla., paper's editor refuses Wal-Mart suggestion to fire columnist
Opinion | The Pensacola News Journal
A Wal-Mart manager in Pensacola, Fla., ordered the daily paper in the city -- owned by Gannett Co. Inc., to either fire a columnist who wrote about the effect of Wal-Mart's low wages, or else remove its racks and papers from the store. The paper's executive editor writes that he chose to remove the racks.
A Wal-Mart manager in Pensacola, Fla., ordered the daily paper in the city -- owned by Gannett Co. Inc., to either fire a columnist who wrote about the effect of Wal-Mart's low wages, or else remove its racks and papers from the store. The paper's executive editor writes that he chose to remove the racks.