Wal-Mart Uses PR Flack Posing As Journo to Infiltrate LA Labor Event

Last week, members of the Warehouse Workers Union allowed a self-professed USC student journalist named “Zoe Mitchell” to cover a closed event dealing with the Chinatown Wal-Mart. Yesterday, however, WWU found out that “Zoe Mitchell” was actually Mercury Public Affairs associate Stephanie Harnett–a flack working for Wal-Mart on the Chinatown campaign. They sent word about the mole to Gawker, who published