March 16th, 2012
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This American Life retracts Mike Daisey story about Apple factory in China | Poynter.

“This week’s ‘This American Life’ will be devoted to the discovery that 'one of our most popular episodes was partially fabricated,' a notice on the show’s website says. The episode, ’Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory,’ was about monologuist Mike Daisey’s visit to China to see how Apple products were made.”

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  1. jorgeavalencia reblogged this from onaissues and added:
    This begs existential questions. What is fiction? Is it true if it’s the way we remember it?
  2. onaissues posted this
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