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This American Life by Ira Glass | Mar. 18, 2012 (Opinion)

(Audio - streaming) Regrettably, we have discovered that one of our most popular episodes was partially fabricated. This week, we devote the entire hour to detailing the errors in "Mr. Daisey Goes to the Apple Factory," Mike Daisey’s story about visiting Foxconn, an Apple supplier factory in China. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Business, Media
Topics: Human Rights, China, Apple, Ethics in Journalism, Fake News, Journalism
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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Mar 17, 2012 - 6:14 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Fabrice Florin (review), jessiemoore (review), Sirajul Islam (review), Dwight Rousu (review)
Content Type: Audio - streaming
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Mar 18, 2012 - 4:21 PM PDT

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Dwight Rousu
3.3
 by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 24, 2012

It is notable that TAL felt ethically responsible for a full retraction, a behavior never evidenced in prolific lie factories such as Faux news.

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Sirajul Islam
3.8
 by Sirajul Islam - Mar. 24, 2012

This is an audio, and as such, hard to grasp. But the content is interesting, and I've recommended this story as a good jounnalism because it revealed the challenge of editing and brodcasting. Sometimes, lies spead amnd it's hand to be prevented...

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Fabrice Florin
4.0
 by Fabrice Florin - Mar. 18, 2012
Fabrice posted this story.
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jessiemoore
4.8
 by jessiemoore - Mar. 19, 2012
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