Monday, October 28

LISTERIA-NEVER-FEAR-YA


It looks as though the Wampler/USDA PR strategy, which seemed so bizarre as it was unfolding, has worked - another Sunday seems to have come and gone without any real journalism being done on this incredible story of lying, mismanagement and collusion. No one seems to want to know how come the CDC said the strain of listeria tied Wampler to the fatal outbreak, while the USDA says no it didn't. No one calls them when they say "we never said it *wasn't* connected to the outbreak." Here's one more - while previous reports specified that Wampler workers were continuing to work during the closure, it now emerges that the company has laid off many of them, apparently starting with the non-English speakers among them - if this story can be believed...

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