Backpedaling Hard ⇥

Ira Glass:

We’ve learned that Mike Daisey’s story about Apple in China – which we broadcast in January – contained significant fabrications. We’re retracting the story because we can’t vouch for its truth.

Daisey says that because it was a dramatic production, it doesn’t have to be judged by journalistic integrity. Glass says that Daisey lied to them while they were fact-checking his story, and This American Life has conversations with his translator to prove it.