Mike Daisey KONY 2012's Jason Russell and the Viral Allure of Almost True How ‘American Life’ Got Conned Public Radio Retraction Forces OneMan Show Change This American Life ‘This Isn’t Only Outfit With Retractions Due Retracts ‘Mr. Apple Factory’ Rob Schmitz’s Takedown Daisey’s Fabrications Credit Where Is ‘Dramatic License’ ‘Truth’ In Defence Over Foxconn 'This Life' Went Wrong on its Story Factory Storyteller Claims He Lied Service Higher Truth But Instead Hurt His Cause says radio show used outofcontext comments critic admits taking 'dramatic license' I Was Duped By Daisey's Lies [Ifraud] Glad That Were Exposed Linkpost | 3.19.2012 2012s Correction Year

Mike Daisey says radio show used out-of-context comments Three days after producers of This American Life said they could no longer stand behind a report from actor and Apple critic Mike Daisey about working conditions at iPad-making factories, he now says some of his material was used out of context. Originally posted at News - Apple Mike Daisey restructures show after 'This American Life' controversy Mike Daisey, the off-Broadway performer who admitted that he made up parts of his one-man show about Apple products being Mike Daisey says radio show took his comments out of context Three days after This American Life broadcast said they could no longer stand behind a report from actor and Apple critic Mike Daisey about suffering he said he witnessed at iPad-making factories, he now suggests his comments were taken out of context. Mike Daisey changes show after Apple firestorm Mike Daisey, the off-Broadway performer who admitted that he made up parts of his one-man show about Apple products being made in Chinese sweatshops, has cut questionable sections from the monologue and added a prologue explaining the controversy. Mike Daisey, the theater artist behind the controversy Mike Daisey, an actor, writer and solo stage performer, has become fodder for commentators and journalists across the country after NPR's program "This American Life" retracted a story that contained parts of his one-man show "The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs." Mike Daisey gets standing ovation at sold-out show after 'This American Life' retraction Mike Daisey, the comedian and self-described "Apple fanboy" who admitted last week that part of his "This American Life" story about the company's use of Chinese sweatshops was fabricated, received a standing ovation at the weekend finale of his one-man off-Broadway show in New York. Despite a firestorm of criticism surrounding Daisey's public radio report, [...] Mike Daisey receives standing ovation at last New York performance Truth is nice but is it more important to be entertained? People who saw final New York performance of "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," said they liked the show though Daisey's tale of how workers are treated in China is under scrutiny. [Read more] Mike Daisey gets standing ovation at last N.Y. performance People who saw final New York performance of "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" said they liked the show even though Daisey's tale of how workers are treated in China is now under scrutiny. Mike Daisey, KONY 2012???s Jason Russell and the Viral Allure of the Almost True The viral seems to have a close cousin in the almost true. Two recent sensational stories, Mike Daisey's monologue about working conditions at the Chinese factories that make Apple products, and the KONY 2012 video, both owe some of their potency, it turns out, to fabrications and simplifications of the truth. Why Didn't Apple Sue Mike Daisey? Think Lawsuit? (Image via Wikipedia) Mike Daisey's lies about Foxconn's Chinese factories emerged because Rob Schmitz, a Public Radio reporter based in China, thought Daisey's account sounded fishy and investigated for himself. Since Schmitz's account—based mostly on discussions with Daisey's interpreter—and This American Life's retraction of an [...]
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