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7. Or Apple fans. Double edged sword. nt

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‘This American Life’ retracts Apple episode, says Daisey fabricated parts [View all] onehandle Mar 2012 OP

Facts won't stop Apple haters. former9thward Mar 2012 #1

Or Apple fans. Double edged sword. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #7

Apple is EEEEEEVIL, I tells ya! Booby Mar 2012 #62

It doesn't change the fact that Apple is a evil fucking corporation. alarimer Mar 2012 #43

Speak for yourself. former9thward Mar 2012 #54

Links to the NPR and This American Life comments Julian Englis Mar 2012 #2

This is heartbreaking. It arms the deregulators. nolabear Mar 2012 #3

+1 Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #59

ABC hasn't retracted. tridim Mar 2012 #4

OK, so he never talked to poisoned workers. HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #5

+1. Apple cultists love shooting messengers. Pholus Mar 2012 #29

Ooooohhhh...the haters gonna hate this! Atman Mar 2012 #6

Just as silly to righteously defend Pepsi over Coke, or demonize Coke over Pepsi LanternWaste Mar 2012 #10

Actually, I've become a big Hosmer Mountain fan! Atman Mar 2012 #14

We all of us rationalize why the other guys suck... LanternWaste Mar 2012 #67

Real Americans drink RC Cola! Liberal Veteran Mar 2012 #17

Real Americans drink PBR. Yes, it is still American owned. alfredo Mar 2012 #28

Which PC maker is Coke? .99center Mar 2012 #39

I have always considered newblewtoo Mar 2012 #11

Underscores everything I said. Atman Mar 2012 #16

"a total POS sold at a ridiculous markup" DireStrike Mar 2012 #19

I wanted to build my own Mac at one time fascisthunter Mar 2012 #21

Don't bother. People like DireStrike don't want to hear it. Atman Mar 2012 #23

It's Ludicrous.... it's more of a cult of personality. against a fictitious cult of personality.. fascisthunter Mar 2012 #35

Because it not true .99center Mar 2012 #38

You know that many from Apple were going to jump into the Linux world if MS had been alfredo Mar 2012 #34

interesting! fascisthunter Mar 2012 #36

What does hate have to do with worker conditions? caseymoz Mar 2012 #30

Listening to the retraction program . . . caseymoz Mar 2012 #50

Oopsie Daisey. n/t Ian David Mar 2012 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Pryderi Mar 2012 #9

Huh? frazzled Mar 2012 #13

The Jungle was a novel yet it inspired many changes. alarimer Mar 2012 #45

The Jungle presented itself as a novel frazzled Mar 2012 #53

You are aware that Upton Sinclare actually worked at those cattle yards Javaman Mar 2012 #65

What if it was a similar move to what they did to the George W. Bush* National Guard story? LoZoccolo Mar 2012 #12

What if your repeated use of "Apple fanboy" exposed you for being just another hater? Atman Mar 2012 #18

? LoZoccolo Mar 2012 #24

I guess I'm not sure what your "?" was about. Atman Mar 2012 #25

I wondered why you faulted me for using that word when I was referring to someone LoZoccolo Mar 2012 #26

Umm, I heard the episode. I believe he called himself that. caseymoz Mar 2012 #32

Love the use of font size. nt Javaman Mar 2012 #66

Might be, except for the lack of facts. caseymoz Mar 2012 #31

Oh, I don't actually believe it. LoZoccolo Mar 2012 #33

Comedians have enough of an image problem. caseymoz Mar 2012 #40

Bad mistake - excellent repsonse YankeyMCC Mar 2012 #15

Over-the-top response. It buried the abysmal working conditions shcrane71 Mar 2012 #56

Apple should sue this guy into oblivion. truthisfreedom Mar 2012 #20

Well, One Good Thing Came out of this... more Attention to Working Conditions fascisthunter Mar 2012 #22

But now people will think everything there is fine. alarimer Mar 2012 #46

Exactly. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #57

no they won't... fascisthunter Mar 2012 #69

I donate to This American Life and will continue to do so. mahina Mar 2012 #27

Anything with apple generates a lot of hits... Nowadays got root Mar 2012 #37

Is the entire account false, or just elements of it? Orrex Mar 2012 #41

Yes, but even though some of the story may be fake hughee99 Mar 2012 #42

Must the story be dismissed as a whole? Orrex Mar 2012 #48

I agree. hughee99 Mar 2012 #49

A fair assessment Orrex Mar 2012 #55

But you can't refer back to Daisey's story ... it is entirely corrupt. BOHICA12 Mar 2012 #63

Very true Orrex Mar 2012 #64

So NPR caves to corporate pressure just like any other news organization. alarimer Mar 2012 #44

What do you mean? Orrex Mar 2012 #47

People came forward and pointed out the fabrications. Nothing to do with Apple. onehandle Mar 2012 #51

Listening to "This American Life" retraction program. caseymoz Mar 2012 #52

Glass's decision to go with the Daisey monologue sets the advent of better working shcrane71 Mar 2012 #58

Also opens cynicism up everywhere about workers movements caseymoz Mar 2012 #60

I've been a huge fan of This American Life for years. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #61

this sounds like a Rovian PR poison pill yurbud Mar 2012 #68