This American Life Retraction Credit Where Is Due Mike Daisey’s ‘Truth’ ‘This Life’ Isn’t the Only Outfit With Retractions Retracts ‘Mr. Daisey and Apple Factory’ ‘Dramatic License’ Rob Schmitz’s Takedown of Fabrications 'This Life' Went Wrong on its Story Media Decoder Blog Episode Apple's Suppliers in China retracts story factories Public radio's FoxConn Entire About Factories After Admits To Fabricating Parts Of The What were falsehoods Daisey's show Steve Jobs Radio's Linkpost | 3.17.2012 In Defence Over Foxconn Artist admits to shortcuts about

Mike Daisey embroiled in 'This American Life' controversy Mike Daisey, a writer and performer who used Seattle as a launching pad in the 1990s, is now in the middle of a controversy regarding the radio show "This American Life." Excerpts from Daisey's one-man show "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" aired on the show in January, but now facts have emerged which call his monologue into question. In Defence of Mike Daisey Over Apple and Foxconn Slightly embarrassingly for both Mike Daisey and This American Life the version of Daisey's monologue about conditions in Chinese factories has been withdrawn. Some of the details he claims to have witnessed turned out to be things that he had not in fact witnessed. You can see the full statement from The Agony and the Dishonesty of Mike Daisey's Apple Story Last year, performer Mike Daisey sat down with Jeff Brown for Art Beat to discuss his much-talked-about one-man show, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs." It was revealed Friday by public radio's Marketplace and This American Life that parts of Daisey's story that he told to This American Life, the NewsHour, other news outlets and his theater audience were not true. Here is what Daisey ... Mike Daisey responds to 'This American Life' retraction of Apple supply story The public radio program "This American Life" retracted its story "Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory" on Friday, saying that the piece "contained significant fabrications." The piece, which was broadcast in January, helped set off a protest movement that grew after the New York Times ran articles on conditions in factories that are a part of Apple's supply chain. The radio program was based on ... Mike Daisey's 'Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs' cancelled after reports of fabrications The radio program "This American Life" and WBEZ 91.5 FM said Friday that they have cancelled the live presentation of Mike Daisey's "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" at The Chicago Theatre on April 7. The announcement cited "the revelation of numerous fabrications in Daisey's story," which he has told at both at the Public Theater in New York and on "This American Life." 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. Mike Daisey the Monologist is Outed by This American Life as a Liar (and He Agrees, sort of) Mike Daisey first came to prominence when he turned his experience working for Amazon into a book and one-man play entitled "21 Dog Years." For the past two years, he's been performing another 'This American Life' Retracts Mike Daisey's Apple Factory Story The story became the show's most popular podcast and inspired a petition, signed by hundreds of thousands, demanding better working conditions for factory workers. But, now, This American Life says Daisey fabricated many aspects of the story. Mike Daisey Admits To 'Shortcuts' With 'Apple Factory' Story Pulled From This American Life CHICAGO -- An artist admitted Friday to taking shortcuts in crafting an often harrowing tale about Apple Inc.'s operations in China after the veracity of his one-man theatrical show was challenged by a public radio program that had based a broadcast on his work. Performance artist Mike Daisey accused of lying about Apple subcontractor Foxconn The weekly Public Radio International show 'This American Life,' hosted by Ira Glass, said it will devote its entire program this weekend to detailing errors it says it has uncovered in Daisey's accounts of the lives of Foxconn workers in China.
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