WAL-MART REVERSES DECISION TOWARD NEWSPAPER

Yesterday, I noted here that an area Wal-Mart manager had asked the Pensacola News Journal to remove it's racks from it's stores and noted that it would no longer sell the newspaper. This was after the manager expressed his disdain for a column written by Mark O'Brien referring to the fact that many Wal-Mart employees qualify for Medicaid or other public health assistance. Executive editor Randy Hammer wrote that the manager in question informed him that the chain would consider removing the ban if O'Brien were fired.

The Miami Herald notes this morning that the company headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas has reversed the ban against the News Journal, and said the newspaper should be back in it's stores by the end of the week. No word on if there will be any disciplinary action against Pensacola district manager Bob Hart, who issued the ban.

Thanks to Florida Politics for giving us the heads up! Good to pass along some good news occasionally!