Saturday, March 17, 2012

Mike daisey

  • Mike Daisey, a burly man who makes a living telling stories, has found himself in the middle of a storm of controversy _ put there by his own words.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • When I first encountered "Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory," the episode of "This American Life" featuring monologuist Mike Daisey on Apple and the practices of its Chinese contract manufacturer Foxconn, I resisted passing it along.
  • (Wall Street Journal)
  • So many excellent things have been written about Mike Daiseys made-up reports while I have been hors dInternet that my task now is easier and harder. Easier: just alluding to others who have made points I dont need to.
  • (Atlantic Online)
  • Popular radio show This American Life retracted "Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory" today, a popular segment detailing the mistreatment of Apple employees in China's Foxconn factory.
  • (Venturebeat.com)
  • The segment, which ran in January, consisted mainly of a monologue: the firsthand account of Mike Daisey, a storyteller and self-described gonzo journalist who turned his 2010 visit to China into a dramatic one-man show.
  • (Chicago Tribune)
  • About ten years ago, Tommy Tune was starring in an Off-Broadway revue; a nightclub-style act he had been performing in Las Vegas.
  • (Broadway World)
  • The specifics of Mike Daiseys fabrications wont be public until tonight but the episodes premise is not in question.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • NEW YORK — Mike Daisey, the performer who admitted to lying in parts of his monologue about Apple products being made in Chinese sweatshops, has edited the work and added a prologue explaining the controversy.
  • (Washington Post)

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