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Ira Glass: Mike Daisey fabricated parts of Steve Jobs monologue The public radio program âThis American Life,â which in January devoted an episode to storyteller Mike Daisey's monologue âThe Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,â has issued a retraction of that show due to what host Ira Glass is calling âsignificant fabricationsâ in the content of the monologue excerpt used in the show. Glass also says that Daisey lied to the program during fact-checking. Where 'This American Life' Went Wrong on its Apple Story What went wrong with the now-retracted ?This American Life? story on Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer of devices? According to a chagrinned Ira Glass, it came down to a single, missing phone number, the cell belonging to monologuist Mike Daisey?s Chinese interpreter: During fact checking before the broadcast of Daisey?s story, This American Life staffers asked ... Ira Glass: Here's Everything That Was Made Up In Our Big Apple Foxconn Story Below, is a press release with more detail about what whas wrong and how it got it wrong. This American Life and American Public Media's Marketplace will reveal that a story first broadcast in January on This American Life contained numerous fabrications. 'This American Life' retracts Daisey story on Apple and Steve Jobs Founder and host Ira Glass said in a statement that performer Mike Daisey had lied to the "This American Life." Founder and host Ira Glass said in a statement that performer Mike Daisey had lied to the "This American Life." 'This American Life' pulls back on Apple factory story (Crain's) — Host Ira Glass says the story, which aired in January on his weekly radio program, "contained significant fabrications." 'This American Life' Host Ira Glass Retracts Story About Apple, Says Mike Daisey 'Lied' Why someone would fabricate information about human rights violations involving Apple in China is anyone's guess, but according to NPR essay-style weekly This American Life, that's just what happened during what became its most popular podcast ever. 'This American Life' retracts story about Apple manufacturer Foxconn "This American Life," Ira Glass's well-respected talk show, has retracted its story about Apple manufacturer Foxconn, which painted a damning picture of the manufacturer's treatment of its' employees. read more This American Life retracts show alleging Apple manufacturing misconduct A January story on Apple and its manufacturing processes that aired on the This American Life radio program contained "significant fabrications," according to host Ira Glass. Public radio's "This American Life" pulls Chinese Apple factory story A popular story on public radio's "This American Life," the Ira Glass series, contained "significant fabrications" and has been retracted. US radio episode about Apple factory abuse retracted A popular US radio program on Friday retracted a story about harsh working conditions at factories that make Apple products in China, saying it contained "significant fabrications."
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http://www.thisamericanlife.org/blog/2012/03/retracting-mr-daisey-and-the-apple-factory
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnmcquaid/2012/03/16/where-this-american-life-went-wrong-on-its-apple-story/?feed=rss_home
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