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Dateline NBC's persuasive attack on Wal‐Mart

William L. Benoit Associate Professor in the Communication Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211
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Bruce Dorries Assistant Professor in the Communication Studies Department, Winona State University, Winona, MN, 55897
Pages 463-477 | Published online: 21 May 2009

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