From the start, Nike executives had argued in vain that they were the target of an uninformed media campaign, pointing out that although Nike was being vigorously monitored by activities and the media, no one was monitoring the monitors. This point was forcefully made by the publication of a five page New Republic article in which writer Stephen Glass blasted the Young report for factual inaccuracies and deception, and summed up: ' This was a public relations problem, and the world's Hitting the Wall: Nike and International Labor Practices