Jason Abbruzzese of Mashable writes that Walmart is in a tiff with New York Times columnist Timothy Egan about a column he wrote regarding its pay scale.
Abbruzzese writes, “The response, which can be found in its entirety below, takes issue with some of the factual assertions of Egan’s column, including how much the average Walmart employee makes. Egan cited studies that said Walmart ‘associates’ make anywhere from $8.81 per hour to under $11 per hour, below the $11.83 Walmart claims (when part-time workers are factored in).
“Egan hit back at Walmart on Tuesday, defending his column and taking the opportunity to continue his criticism of the retail giant.
“‘My central point was how much their business model costs taxpayers, and makes the income gap worse’ Egan said in comments first reported by Business Insider and confirmed by a Times spokespreson to Mashable.
“Andrew Rosenthal, editorial page editor of the Times, also defended Egan’s work. ‘We stand by the column, which was thoroughly fact-checked,’ Rosenthal said in a statement released to Mashable. ‘It does what opinion pieces should do: makes a compelling argument addressing possibly the most important issue facing Americans today — inequality. The fact that Walmart thought this issue was something to have ‘fun’ with says volumes about their practices.'”
Read more here.
CNBC Make It reporter Ashton Jackson writes about ways to make financial news more accessible to consumers.…
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announced Wednesday the winners and finalists for…
Business professionals are turning away from traditional business media sources such as newspapers, magazines and…
WIRED seeks a reporter to cover tech companies and their influence, with a particular focus…
Karoline Leonard has been hired by the Austin American-Statesman as a technology reporter. Leonard graduated from…
Wall Street Journal reporter Melanie Evans has left the news organization for Tradeoffs, a nonprofit news organization…
View Comments