Retraction | This American Life
Mike Daisey, liar
Technology • March 2012 • Views: 1,020
We’ve discovered that one of our most popular episodes contained numerous fabrications. This week, we detail the errors in Mike Daisey’s story about visiting Foxconn, which makes iPads and other products for Apple in China. Marketplace’s China correspondent Rob Schmitz discovered the fabrications.
The key point here is that it was one of their most popular episodes. It is well worth listening to the entire transcript at the above link, though it can be read in it’s entirety as well.