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This is a great piece and is more than I expected from him. However, he still falls short of apologizing to Foxconn or Apple for slandering them in the pursuit
by wmeredith 15y ago
This is a great piece and is more than I expected from him.
However, he still falls short of apologizing to Foxconn or Apple for slandering them in the pursuit of making a name for himself.
He can apologize to his audiences and "The theatre" all he wants. Until he apologizes to his actual victims, he's still a first class scum bag in my book.
- MartinCron 15y agoThat brings up an interesting point in that there are two distinct victims of slander, the person being slandered (Apple, Foxconn) and the innocent dupe (me) who believes the slanderous story. I stepped up to defend Mike Daisey here and in other places, largely because of my respect for This American Life and the way they take journalism seriously. If Ira Glass tells me he's fact-checked something, then I'm going to believe it. So I'm glad to see he's being more contrite these days, but I agree that he's falling short of what he needs to do.