yep, heard about that on NPR news earlier. Apparently the author said he shouldn't have done it because This American Life is more journalistic that theatric. Gee, ya think? I haven't looked at the specifics, but it seems to me that even in theater, if you are making shocking allegations about specific people or companies, it might fall into the category of this little thing they call slander. I mean, I know This American Life often runs stories about events in people's lives rather than broader social events, but still. They are presented as true. It's disappointing to hear about this kind of thing, because if I wanted a show that just made stuff up I already have quite a selection to choose from.
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, presenting performance art as journalism is probably not the best > idea. > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > "This American Life has retracted its episode about working conditions at > > Foxconn. Apple challenged the veracity of the reporting in the piece when > > if first ran in January, and in an episode set to air later today, the > > radio show will confirm that Mike Daisey made up some of the most > shocking > > facts in his story." > > > > > http://gizmodo.com/5893998/this-american-lifes-damning-foxconn-report-was-mostly-made-up > > > > Oops... > > > > ... > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348692 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
