Saw a passing reference to this in a current story and found the details
on CNN.com thanks to Google:
In its ongoing mission to polish up its image, Wal-Mart for the first time ever is inviting members of the media for a special two-day meet-and-greet at its home base in Northwest Arkansas.
The invitation, which was also extended to this reporter, stated that the event is part of the company's "continuing efforts to ensure that [the media] has accurate information on Wal-Mart."
To that end, Wal-Mart (Research) is lining up the big guns for the April 5-6 conference, among them chief executive Lee Scott, chief financial officer Tom Schoewe and president of Wal-Mart Stores Mike Duke, for individual presentations.
This is also intriguing:
Additionally, Wal-Mart, will also hold a rare question-and-answer session with the press, a format that's usually reserved for its annual analysts and shareholder meeting.
I wonder if they've booked Jeff Gannon to throw softballs to them?
Seriously, fellow Wal-Mart hating Kossacks, I need your help. Apparently there will be at least 50 journalists there running Wal-Mart stories, and I only get 2 diary posts a day. These journalistic efforts need to be fisked! We can't let Wal-Mart's corporate propaganda stand unanswered!
Therefore, I suggest that we take it upon ourselves to declare April 6th and 7th "Wal-Mart Smackdown Days" here at Daily Kos! [The days after the conference so we can analyze the stories out about the days before.] Let's fill the diaries with counterpropaganda! I say there is no such thing as too many attacks on Wal-Mart when the resources of the world's largest retailer are kicked into high gear!
Who's with me?
JR