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In reply to the discussion: ‘This American Life’ retracts Apple episode, says Daisey fabricated parts [View all]caseymoz
(5,763 posts)The only issue you saw here is a smear on your favorite brand? I have news for you: corporations, even Apple, are only good the way cats are good: as long as you forget they eat rats and hate each other, they're perfect. Nobody, not TAL, Ira Glass, or anyone said that working conditions in Asian electronics factories were much better for anyone. So, be just a little less brand-paranoid. On the other hand, Apple is the industry leader and it sets the standards for the rest of the industry.
To be safe from Apple's extremely aggressive legal team (and even Apple lovers have admitted that), "This American Life" retracted its whole program. However, they already said that they did do a lot of fact checking, and the ones they were able to verify did check out.