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In reply to the discussion: 'We were wrong': CBS's Lara Logan apologizes for Benghazi report [View all]Paulie
(8,462 posts)90. CBS going to do less retraction than This American Life which did an entire show retracting
This American Life Retracts Story
Says It Can't Vouch for the Truth of Mike Daisey's Monologue about Apple in China
This American Life and American Public Medias Marketplace will reveal that a story first broadcast in January on This American Life contained numerous fabrications.
This American Life will devote its entire program this weekend to detailing the errors in the story, which was an excerpt of Mike Daisey's critically acclaimed one-man show, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs." In it, Daisey tells how he visited a factory owned by Foxconn that manufactures iPhones and iPads in Shenzhen China. He has performed the monologue in theaters around the country; it's currently at the Public Theater in New York. Tonights This American Life program will include a segment from Marketplaces Rob Schmitz, and interviews with Daisey himself. Marketplace will feature a shorter version of Schmitz's report earlier in the evening.
When the original 39-minute excerpt was broadcast on This American Life on January 6, 2012, Marketplace China Correspondent Rob Schmitz wondered about its truth. Marketplace had done a lot of reporting on Foxconn and Apples supply chain in China in the past, and Schmitz had first-hand knowledge of the issues. He located and interviewed Daisey's Chinese interpreter Li Guifen (who goes by the name Cathy Lee professionally with westerners). She disputed much of what Daisey has been telling theater audiences since 2010 and much of what he said on the radio.
During fact checking before the broadcast of Daisey's story, This American Life staffers asked Daisey for this interpreter's contact information. Daisey told them her real name was Anna, not Cathy as he says in his monologue, and he said that the cell phone number he had for her didn't work any more. He said he had no way to reach her.
Says It Can't Vouch for the Truth of Mike Daisey's Monologue about Apple in China
This American Life and American Public Medias Marketplace will reveal that a story first broadcast in January on This American Life contained numerous fabrications.
This American Life will devote its entire program this weekend to detailing the errors in the story, which was an excerpt of Mike Daisey's critically acclaimed one-man show, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs." In it, Daisey tells how he visited a factory owned by Foxconn that manufactures iPhones and iPads in Shenzhen China. He has performed the monologue in theaters around the country; it's currently at the Public Theater in New York. Tonights This American Life program will include a segment from Marketplaces Rob Schmitz, and interviews with Daisey himself. Marketplace will feature a shorter version of Schmitz's report earlier in the evening.
When the original 39-minute excerpt was broadcast on This American Life on January 6, 2012, Marketplace China Correspondent Rob Schmitz wondered about its truth. Marketplace had done a lot of reporting on Foxconn and Apples supply chain in China in the past, and Schmitz had first-hand knowledge of the issues. He located and interviewed Daisey's Chinese interpreter Li Guifen (who goes by the name Cathy Lee professionally with westerners). She disputed much of what Daisey has been telling theater audiences since 2010 and much of what he said on the radio.
During fact checking before the broadcast of Daisey's story, This American Life staffers asked Daisey for this interpreter's contact information. Daisey told them her real name was Anna, not Cathy as he says in his monologue, and he said that the cell phone number he had for her didn't work any more. He said he had no way to reach her.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/blog/2012/03/retracting-mr-daisey-and-the-apple-factory
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Stupid too; many of us not claiming to be journalists knew you were wrong before you aired it.
Scuba
Nov 2013
#1
That's probably a great idea. "how misinformation and couple lies- can build a fake crisis"
Sunlei
Nov 2013
#141
you'd think these "muckrakers" would have learned after BushCo's "valid" source, Chalabi
wordpix
Nov 2013
#126
If she did any work at all on this, she must have known beforehand it was a pack of lies
Berlum
Nov 2013
#164
Memories are short. Logan reported fearlessly from Iraq and was gang raped in Egypt.
Rose Siding
Nov 2013
#109
Looks like Sen. Lindsey Graham’s office is going to need a new voicemail message
Snake Plissken
Nov 2013
#5
Sometimes horses realize that they are a lot stronger then the people around them ....
Botany
Nov 2013
#29
Apologizing on a morning show is one thing, are they/is she going to devote another
winterpark
Nov 2013
#16
Yes, she should be history, and everyone associated with her crap segment should be scrutinized. n/t
MerryBlooms
Nov 2013
#98
Click on the photo for a drop down window and it will give you the link. Let me know if that works.
freshwest
Nov 2013
#52
Did you compress the sentence? It shows up as an underlined link and a sentence. The link won't work
freshwest
Nov 2013
#111
That's what I have. I found it through google images. If DU didn't automatically convert links to
freshwest
Nov 2013
#158
Marcy Wheeler: @emptywheel: Just to remind, it's Cheney flack Mary Matalin's imprint which published
Hissyspit
Nov 2013
#40
How did the 60 minutes story contradict the account provided by the State Dept.
Hamlette
Nov 2013
#50
so, Lindsay is pissed because the WH closed the investigation w/o talking to the "witnesses"
Hamlette
Nov 2013
#65
it's hard to take this seriously when the right didn't exactly hold Baby Bush's feet to the fire for
yurbud
Nov 2013
#58
a lot of people lie on TV interviews (like republicans), why is it the journalists fault?
Sunlei
Nov 2013
#61
journalists are supposed to investigate their sources first before pronouncing them credible
wordpix
Nov 2013
#130
the source was his book and he was stationed there. He lied to the journalist (and the public)
Sunlei
Nov 2013
#139
On their website, right after I asked the question, it was buried on the right side list of
SleeplessinSoCal
Nov 2013
#153
I hear you. That was just their website though. I still wonder what kind of coverage their
SleeplessinSoCal
Nov 2013
#160
Next up on 60 Minutes: How the Grand Canyon was formed by Paul Bunyan dragging his ax...
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2013
#81
CBS going to do less retraction than This American Life which did an entire show retracting
Paulie
Nov 2013
#90
Well if you werent in such a hurry to win ratings by screwing the president..
Vietnameravet
Nov 2013
#106
If Darrel Issa was dismissed from his committee chair and the next one told there would
Thinkingabout
Nov 2013
#122
Some news organisations are blending traditional journalism with "outside sources".
mwooldri
Nov 2013
#143
I don't understand why this "Dylan Davies" isn't the target of intense scrutiny now?
Sunlei
Nov 2013
#140
No, Lara, a mistake is when you accidentally hit Reply All or wash a red sock in your whites.
tanyev
Nov 2013
#142
Its simple economics, big business is wasting advertising dollars on MSM that caters to....
Rebellious Republican
Nov 2013
#155