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'This American Life' retracts its iPad factory report: the full story
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March 26, 2012
Mike Daisey issues first actual apology for his monologue, says he 'violated trust'
In a new blog post, besmirched playright Mike Daisey apologizes for the methods behind his monologue, and says that "when I said onstage that I had personally experienced things I in fact did not, I failed to honor the contract I'd established with my audiences over many years."
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March 19, 2012
Steve Wozniak comes out in support of Mike Daisey, says 'his method succeeded'
In an interview with CNET today, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said he supported performance artist Mike Daisey, even in the wake of revelations that he had fabricated portions of a monologue about working conditions in China.
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March 19, 2012
Foxconn 'glad that Mike Daisey's lies were exposed,' but Daisey says his comments were 'taken out of context'
The row over Mike Daisey's factually suspect monologue that was aired and then retracted in an episode of This American Life is quickly turning into a game of position taking and verbal sparring.
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March 16, 2012
Full audio: Mike Daisey explains himself on new episode of 'This American Life'
This American Life retracted an entire episode where Mike Daisey allegedly lied about his experience at Apple's iPad plants in China.
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March 16, 2012
NYT removes disputed Foxconn details from Mike Daisey op-ed in wake of 'This American Life' retraction
The New York Times has removed an article by performance artist Mike Daisey after it has revealed some of the details surrounding his story on the Foxconn factories were in fact fabricated.
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March 16, 2012
Excerpts from 'This American Life' on Mike Daisey: 'Why not just tell us what really happened?'
Mike Daisey comes clean on the lies about Foxconn's iPad factories
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March 16, 2012
'This American Life' retracts episode about Foxconn's iPad factories, says it was 'partially fabricated'
PRI has fully retracted a popular episode of This American Life that focused on working conditions inside a Foxconn iPad factory, calling the source material "partially fabricated." The episode was partially based on the work of artist Mike Daisey, who apparently lied to fact-checkers about his experiences visiting Foxconn's facility.
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January 9, 2012
This American Life goes inside an Apple factory
This American Life picks up the story of Mike Daisey, a monologuist who looked inside Apple's Chinese factories. The show fact-checks his claims, drawing on, among other sources, interviews with Foxconn workers