ist ▁comments ▁made ▁by ▁Donald ▁Ster ling , ▁and ▁the ▁en su ing ▁controvers y ▁ ▁O thers ▁ ▁Big ▁Box ▁Mart ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁J ib J ab ▁released ▁the ▁video ▁" Big ▁Box ▁Mart ". ▁S ung ▁to ▁the ▁t une ▁of ▁" Oh , ▁Sus ann ah ", ▁it ▁tells ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁an ▁American ▁factory ▁worker ▁who ▁bu ys ▁quantities ▁of ▁cheap , ▁imported ▁" c rap " ▁from ▁his ▁local ▁Big ▁Box ▁Mart , ▁a ▁par ody ▁of ▁big - box ▁stores , ▁running ▁up ▁large ▁amounts ▁of ▁credit ▁card ▁deb t . ▁However , ▁everyone ▁else ▁is ▁also ▁bu ying ▁cheap , ▁imported ▁c rap ▁from ▁Big ▁Box ▁Mart , ▁so ▁the ▁American ▁factory ▁goes ▁out ▁of ▁business , ▁leaving ▁the ▁protagon ist ▁out ▁of ▁work ▁and ▁m ired ▁in ▁deb t ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 5 3 . ▁Al ong ▁with ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁cow ork ers , ▁he ▁goes ▁to ▁work ▁at ▁the ▁only ▁work place ▁left ▁in ▁town , ▁which ▁is ▁Big ▁Box ▁Mart , ▁where ▁he ▁sp ends ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁living ▁pay check ▁to ▁pay check , ▁with ▁little ▁hope ▁of ▁being ▁able ▁to ▁ret ire . ▁ ▁What ▁We ▁Call ▁the ▁News ▁S ung ▁to ▁the ▁t une ▁of ▁" B attle ▁H ymn ▁of ▁the ▁Republic ", ▁" What ▁We ▁Call ▁the ▁News " ▁l aments ▁the ▁decl ine ▁of ▁journal ism ▁in ▁the ▁cable ▁TV ▁era , ▁particularly ▁sens ational istic