Wal-Martians

I decided to research the time period in which the article was written. The year was 2004, an election year so right away we know that the entire year was about politics. I googled wal-mart 2004 and clicked on the first link and found many articles about wal-mart and their involvement with the elections. The majority of the articles listed had to do with class action lawsuits against them or how they were the largest corporate political investor. Wal-mart was getting a lot of negative things said about them in this year. In the 8th paragraph the author mentions the class action law suits saying, "Wal-mart is facing class-action law suits over sex discrimination and nonpayment for overtime work..." This example, and others in the article, cover the same law suits and accusations as other articles written during that year. That said, it is obvious and undeniable that the time in which it was written played a major factor in content and rhetoric.