NPR admits radio program about abuses at Apple factories in China was made up
NPR admits radio program about abuses at Apple factories in China was made up
By Lydia Warren
Dailymail.co.uk
PUBLISHED: 20:42 EST, 16 March 2012 | UPDATED: 20:42 EST, 16 March 2012
1. How this moron thought he would get away with his fabrications is something I do not understand. Did he really believe there were absolutely no jounalists out there with the knowledge to recognize his falsehoods and the resources and honesty to expose them?!
2. How this moron didn't recognize that, if his falsehoods were exposed, those falsehoods would cast doubt on true reports - if any - of abuses is another thing I didn't understand.
3. While I'm tempted to give kudos to NPR for very publicly admitting the falsehoods, as the article points out, they could have prevented this whole mess by waiting till they found the translator who was the key to exposing this mess. So, whatever NPR's motive, their admission is after-the-preventable-fact, horse-is-out-of-the-barn, damage-done!
4. I would not mourn if Apple and/or Foxconn sued NPR into obscure bankruptcy!
BTW, I am not an Apple fanboy!
By Lydia Warren
Dailymail.co.uk
PUBLISHED: 20:42 EST, 16 March 2012 | UPDATED: 20:42 EST, 16 March 2012
NPR radio show This American Life has been forced to retract one of its broadcasts after the author was found to have fabricated part of the story.
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When the show aired, Schmitz found a few facts suspicious, such as factory guards carrying guns and the fact that poor workers discussed their worries in Starbucks.
He flew to China where he found Daisey's translator, who said that many details - and the timeline of events - had been fabricated.
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The translator revealed Daisey had lied about the number of factories they had been to and that they had never met people poisoned by Hexane.
Daisey, speaking on the retraction broadcast, admitted he had not met workers who were as young as 12, as he had previously claimed.
He admitted he felt conflicted about saying things he knew were not true. But he said he was worried people would stop caring about the abuses at the factories if he failed to present the story in a dramatic way.
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When the show aired, Schmitz found a few facts suspicious, such as factory guards carrying guns and the fact that poor workers discussed their worries in Starbucks.
He flew to China where he found Daisey's translator, who said that many details - and the timeline of events - had been fabricated.
...
The translator revealed Daisey had lied about the number of factories they had been to and that they had never met people poisoned by Hexane.
Daisey, speaking on the retraction broadcast, admitted he had not met workers who were as young as 12, as he had previously claimed.
He admitted he felt conflicted about saying things he knew were not true. But he said he was worried people would stop caring about the abuses at the factories if he failed to present the story in a dramatic way.
2. How this moron didn't recognize that, if his falsehoods were exposed, those falsehoods would cast doubt on true reports - if any - of abuses is another thing I didn't understand.
3. While I'm tempted to give kudos to NPR for very publicly admitting the falsehoods, as the article points out, they could have prevented this whole mess by waiting till they found the translator who was the key to exposing this mess. So, whatever NPR's motive, their admission is after-the-preventable-fact, horse-is-out-of-the-barn, damage-done!
4. I would not mourn if Apple and/or Foxconn sued NPR into obscure bankruptcy!
BTW, I am not an Apple fanboy!
I seriously LOL'd!
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