I thought this week's show, called retraction, was gripping. Well worth the hour.
About as well done a mea culpa as I've ever heard http://www.thisamericanlife.org/ The pauses in the audio are profound. The very last act is the most surprising part. I had never heard of nor listened to TAM before this, but if this retraction is in any way indicative of Ira's work, I may start listening. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:348698 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
