It's not an NPR show, so they shouldn't get any credit. Or blame. It is obvious that Daisey thinks of his piece as a performance piece, with plenty of dramatic license, that falls somewhere between Death of a Salesman and Lake Woebegone on the "need for accuracy" spectrum. Plenty of dramatic license in order to move the audience emotionally. (Much like Rush Limbaugh in that respect. Or Michael Moore.). Or as Colbert as so aptly coined, full of "truthiness".
It sounds like TAM does actual news, using actual journalistic rules. Which is why this is so a) troubling to TAM, because they were lied to AND they didnt catch it, because they dropped their own follow up rules. b) troubling to listeners, since they expect news, and are now asking "if this one wasnt right, what about that last one". Fun to watch as a person without a dog in the fight. Fun to watch someone doing things they way I think they should be handled. On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:348702 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
