Truth in Theatre vs. Journalism (Mike Daisey)
After an investigation into the backstory behind the blow-up of the first retraction on This American Life, what follows is a compilation of opinions and perspective.
RT @chrislhayes: Anyway I think we can all agree that the single most important story happening in the world right now is Mike Daisey.
@chrislhayes Daisey did not create value. he lied AND WORSE he was simply wrong on the facts of labor abuses in China.
Thanks. RT @chrislhayes: "But it’s also worth asking how to preserve and replicate the value of what Daisey did." is.gd/PdCBvw
RT @chrislhayes: "But it’s also worth asking how to preserve and replicate the value of what Daisey did." grist.org/media/mike-dai…
@chrislhayes Belittling hard working journalists, Daisey created an outrage spectacular.We have enough emotion based reality in our society.
RT @WesHopper: .@chrislhayes Grist gets it right in the end "We need storytellers who can give the FACTS meaning" Don't need lies. http://grist.org/media/mike-daisey-climate-and-greater-truths/”- An acclaimed Apple critic made up the details | Marketplace from American Public MediaThe monologist Mike Daisey’s account of Chinese factory conditions in “The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs” made people think differently...
The Conning of ‘This American Life’ Leads to an Embarrassing RetractionMike Daisey is a heavyset man with a soothing voice, a trait that happens to benefit him in his line of work. Daisey is a monologist-he c...
Retraction | This American LifeWe've discovered that one of our most popular episodes contained numerous fabrications. This week, we detail the errors in Mike Daisey's ...- Lies « BuzzMachineYou need not take a journalist's oath to tell the truth. You need only be born to a mother such as mine, who told me and my sister often-...
- New York Times edits article by Mike Daisey it posted just after Steve Jobs’ death due to fabrications | Networld InteractiveThe New York Times has edited an article by now-suspect monologuist and performer Mike Daisey to reflect that questions have been raised...
Foxconn’s Woo Says Truth Prevails After Retraction(Corrects story published March 17 to clarify that NPR doesn't produce program involved.) Foxconn Technology Group, Apple Inc.'s largest ...
By the Numbers: Life and Death at Foxconn - ProPublicaMarch 16: This article has been updated and corrected. Update: On March 16, This American Life retracted an episode about Apple and Foxco...
Mike Daisey's betrayal of This American Life's truth – and my trustI know journalism is a narrative art and some say mere facts should serve a 'higher truth'. Another name for that is lying There are lies...
Theater, Disguised Up as Real JournalismIt's worth examining that question now that we have learned about the lies perforating the excerpt of Mike Daisey's one-man show on 's ma...
The Sad and Infuriating Mike Daisey CaseJames Fallows - James Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and has written for the magazine since the late 1970s. He has ...
The Real Story Is Everywhere In China Where They're Not Making Apple StuffA group of protestors from SACOM (Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour) demonstrate outside the Foxconn annual general me...
Journalistic IntegrityI am appalled. Absolutely appalled. I've just listened to the retraction issued by This American Life in relation to the Mike Daisey stor...- Pulling the plug on Mike Daisey: When entertainment meets journalismThe fracas Friday involving monologuist Mike Daisey and the public radio show "This American Life" is not just the latest scandal of a pu...
Mr. Daisey Goes to Shenzhen by Brendan Kiley - Seattle Theater - The Stranger, Seattle's Only NewspaperMr. Daisey Goes to Shenzhen - The Greatness of—and the Problem with—Mike Daisey's The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs - E...
Artist admits to shortcuts in show about AppleCHICAGO (AP) - An artist admitted Friday to taking shortcuts in crafting an often harrowing tale about Apple Inc.'s operations in China a...- Mike Daisey Says His Show Is “True” Even If It’s Not True | TibidyThe episode and transcript of the This American Life episode retracting Mike Daisey's piece about Apple and Foxconn are now live. If this...
Artist hits back at critics after Apple firestormPosted: Monday, March 19, 2012 4:17 pm | Updated: 6:00 pm, Tue Mar 20, 2012. Mike Daisey, the performer forced to admit that he made up p...- Artist hits back at critics after Apple firestormA performer says he's not slinking away after he was forced to admit that he made up parts of his one-man show that looked at working con...
