I have not heard it yet but I've listened to the show quite a few times. Usually the stories are fairly personal. But they are presented as true. Not performance art. Real stories that happened to real people. The show's coming up later today, but I'll use the link if I miss it. I have to give NPR credit for treating the retraction as headline news.
One thing that seems kind of infuriating is that the inaccuracies are really dumb and hurt the cause Daisey is trying to promote -- presumably worker safety. For example, workers have been injured making Apple products. Just not at *that* factory. Or another thing that got mentioned was that there would not have soldiers at the gate -- does not happen in China. But yes, the inaccuracies make a difference whether the broad strokes of the piece are true or not. On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com>wrote: > > 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:348701 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
