Sloppy "Success" Story

Here's some very shoddy reporting from USA Today

Vietnam living its own Asian success story (USA Today)

Nothing wrong with gushing about the Vietnam success story or about using Nike for an example (boring, unimaginative and cliched perhaps), but hold the phone, wasn't there just a well publicized strike at one of the Korean Nike factories:?

Strike at Nike Vietnam plant ends

Workers end 5-day strike at Vietnamese plant that makes shoes for Nike

(That's just 2 out of 4 headlines on this topic here on VietTimes alone!)

So can you believe that USA today ran their success story without ONCE mentioning the recently resolved strike at a Korean Nike factory VERY similar to the one that leads this story?

Vietnam living its own Asian success story

By David Lynch, USA TODAY

VINH CUU, Vietnam — This South Korean-owned factory, which produces millions of Nike athletic shoes every year, employs ceiling fans and an open-air design to keep its assembly lines comfortable in the tropical heat. Workers strolling between buildings on the manicured industrial campus wear pastel-hued polo shirts. Nearby, cheerful managers lead upbeat training sessions in air-conditioned classrooms.

Yet, one of the biggest problems for Nike and its Korean partner is hanging onto employees. Every year, more than one out of five workers leave for another job in Vietnam's rapidly developing economy, where wages for some skilled positions are rising by double-digit annual percentages. "Because people have so many more options, it's harder to retain people," says Shirley Justice, Nike's chief representative in Vietnam...

Talk about spin! If your workers are leaving in droves, how about paying them a little more? Maybe Nike could share the wealth a little better with their manufacturers hmmm?

Did this reporter sell his soul to Nike PR or what?

You think maybe they paid for his trip?

His editor deserves a good slap upside the head too.

For shame!

Fair and balanced? NOT! What is this Fox News?