Monday, March 19, 2012

The Media and Mike Daisey Putting the I in Story How ‘American Life’ Got Conned KONY 2012's Jason Russell Viral Allure of Almost True ‘Being Right’ Point Awarded to Brian Ford This American Life Retraction ‘This Isn’t Only Outfit With Retractions Due Retracts ‘Mr. Apple Factory’ Rob Schmitz’s Takedown Daisey’s Fabrications ‘Dramatic License’ Credit Where Is ‘Truth’ In Defence Over Foxconn 'This Life' Went Wrong on its Public Radio Forces OneMan Show Change Correction Year Fiasco Affecting Daisey's Doesn't Let Off Hook What Else Has Lied About [Ifraud] says radio show used outofcontext comments

Mike Daisey Does Not Understand His Critics In Mike Daisey's response to This American Life's retraction of his Apple story, he continues to lean on his point that Apple and Foxconn hurt Chinese workers, but his claim that critics "dance on his grave" so they can go back to ignoring labor abuses is simply not true. The bulk of the criticism directed at Daisey says that his misrepresentation of the facts hurts the real reporting that ... Mike Daisey, still talking: Controversial storyteller apologizes, defends himself, in Georgetown appearance For Mike Daisey , the show apparently must go on. The once-acclaimed storyteller — now under fire for fabricating key parts of his scorching monologue about the lives of Apple's factory workers in China — kept a long-scheduled appointment to speak Monday night at Georgetown University. Read full article >> Mike Daisey restructures show after 'This American Life' controversy Mike Daisey, the off-Broadway performer who admitted that he made up parts of his one-man show about Apple products being Mike Daisey Fights Back on Apple Story: 'I Will Not Go Silent' Mike Daisey, the outspoken critic of Apple and its manufacturing partners in China, has responded on his website to the firestorm of criticism that erupted last week when it was revealed he had fabricated many of his most dramatic examples of oppressed workers. How The Mike Daisey Fiasco Is Affecting Apple When I saw actor Mike Daisey perform his monologue, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of ," at the Public Theater on February 11, I had already read the Times's dramatic, carefully written January 25 expose on the harsh conditions at the Chinese factories that assemble iPhones and iPads and products for hundreds of other electronics ... Mike Daisey slams critics, calls 'This American Life' story on him 'excruciating' Mike Daisey, the monologist whose "This American Life" story about Apple's use of Chinese sweatshops was retracted last week, criticized host Ira Glass and the show's producers for taking audio from his stage show "out of context" and editing much of his defense out of the program. "Many consider this week's 'This American Life' episode [...] Mike Daisey gets standing ovation at sold-out show after 'This American Life' retraction Mike Daisey, the monologist who admitted last week that part of his "This American Life" story about Apple's use of Chinese sweatshops was fabricated, received a standing ovation at the weekend finale of his one-man off-Broadway show in New York. Despite a firestorm of criticism surrounding Daisey's public radio report, the audience attending the sold-out [...] Mike Daisey urges focus on the 'bigger story' of global manufacturing Mike Daisey has released a statement on his official blog urging critics to focus on the bigger story of the nature Mike Daisey's latest excuse: I was quoted out of context Three days after 'This American Life' retracted his report about working conditions at iPad factories, Daisy now says the radio show used some of his material 'out of context.' Mike Daisey, the theater artist behind the controversy Mike Daisey, an actor, writer and solo stage performer, has become fodder for commentators and journalists across the country after NPR's program "This American Life" retracted a story that contained parts of his one-man show "The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs."
Key Words: mike daisey

References:
http://allthingsd.com/20120318/the-failures-and-fallacies-of-mike-daiseys-apple-attack-and-the-media/
http://defectiveyeti.com/2012/03/18/putting-the-i-in-story/
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/460/retraction
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/opinion/jobs-looked-to-the-future.html
http://mikedaisey.blogspot.com/2012/03/statement-on-tal.html
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/03/16/this-american-life-pulls-mike-daiseys-story-about-apple-in-china-because-daisey-played-fast-and-loose-with-the-facts
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/03/19/daiseys-retraction-doesnt-let-apple-off-the-hook/
http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/1cVuoieuPTE/what-else-has-mike-daisey-lied-about
http://pixelhat.net/

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.