‘This American Life’ retracts Apple episode, says Daisey fabricated parts

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61. I've been a huge fan of This American Life for years.

To the extent that I signed up for audible.com in order to get the TAL podcasts prior to them being free. I've downloaded and shared TAL podcasts with friends and co-workers -- especially the show entitled "Heretic."

I've heard Glass call people to task when he felt that they were being untruthful. I've been constantly impressed with his insight. I, in particular, am not as good at reading people, and I'm positive that Glass is more knowledgeable, worldly, and just plain smarter than I am -- as many people are.

So when I listened to the Mike Daisey show, where he used a performance artist to call attention to Apple's ("the wealthiest corporation on Earth" according to a Feb. 2012 NPR story) labor practices, even I had a sinking feeling that this wasn't going to end well.

Love Ira Glass. Love that he's introduced me to David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell, David Rakoff, and so many others. Glass dropped the ball on his fact checking, and the consequences, I fear, are going to have negative repercussions for millions of incredibly impoverished people. That's difficult for me to stomach.