Walmart Public Relations Worker, Fired For Posing As Reporter (To Infiltrate Union Events)
Source: Huffington Post
An employee of Walmart's Los Angeles public relations firm was fired Thursday for pretending to be a news reporter at an event staged by a labor union trying to organize the retail giant's warehouse workers.
Stephanie Harnett, 26, showed up at a June 6 Warehouse Workers United press conference claiming to be a journalism student at University of Southern California. She signed in as "Zoe Mitchell," records show, and interviewed attendees about labor conditions at Walmart's warehouses.
At another press conference a week later, union members spotted Harnett again. This time, she introduced herself as a Mercury PR representative and offered reporters interviews with Walmart officials. When confronted, Harnett denied attending the union's press conference.
"She said she was a storyteller from the heart,'' said Santos Castaneda, 25, a warehouse worker who said he was interviewed by Harnett for about 20 minutes at the first event. "She said she was working on a project and that she was very interested in our warehouse conditions." Harnett wore a T-shirt and casual pants at the union press conference, Castanada said. At the Walmart event, she looked much more professional in an oxford shirt and sunglasses, he said.
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as the article notes. According to her public LinkedIn profile page, Ms. Harnett was Assistant to the Editor of Citizen Journalism for The Huffington Post from June - August 2009.
Maybe soon she'll be working for Breit'keefe Enterprises? 
