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Mike Daisey receives standing ovation at last New York performance Truth is nice but is it more important to be entertained? People who saw final New York performance of "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," said they liked the show though Daisey's tale of how workers are treated in China is under scrutiny. [Read more] Mike Daisey gets standing ovation at last N.Y. performance Truth is nice but is it more ,important to be entertained? People who saw final New York performance of "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" said they liked the show even though Daisey's tale of how workers are treated in China is under scrutiny. [Read more] Why Didn't Apple Sue Mike Daisey? Think Lawsuit? (Image via Wikipedia) Mike Daisey's lies about Foxconn's Chinese factories emerged because Rob Schmitz, a Public Radio reporter based in China, thought Daisey's account sounded fishy and investigated for himself. Since Schmitz's account—based mostly on discussions with Daisey's interpreter—and This American Life's retraction of an [...] Why didn't Apple speak out against Mike Daisey? Why did the Apple keep its silence about the fabricated parts of Mike Daisey's story, when it knew a year ago what we know now? Mike Daisey took aim at Apple, now challenges Chinese translator Audiences at Daisey's show in New York are "disappointed" actor made up facts in his monologue about human suffering involved in making iPads. Pulling the plug on Mike Daisey: When entertainment meets journalism The fracas Friday involving monologuist Mike Daisey and the public radio show "This American Life" is not just the latest scandal of a purported truth teller caught in at least an act of embellishment, if not an outright lie, but a double-barreled cautionary tale. It reveals the perils of what can happen to news organizations when, in the pursuit of populist storytelling or buzz-heavy names ... Mike Daisey, KONY 2012???s Jason Russell and the Viral Allure of the Almost True The viral seems to have a close cousin in the almost true. Two recent sensational stories, Mike Daisey's monologue about working conditions at the Chinese factories that make Apple products, and the KONY 2012 video, both owe some of their potency, it turns out, to fabrications and simplifications of the truth. Mike Daisey moves on from Apple, now challenges Chinese translator Audiences at Daisey's show in New York are "disappointed" actor made up facts in his monologue about human suffering involved in making iPads. Mike Daisey embroiled in 'This American Life' controversy Mike Daisey, a writer and performer who used Seattle as a launching pad in the 1990s, is now in the middle of a controversy regarding the radio show "This American Life." Excerpts from Daisey's one-man show "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" aired on the show in January, but now facts have emerged which call his monologue into question. Defending 'This American Life' and Its Mike Daisey Retraction Nonfiction should mean facts and nothing but the facts, argues the theater critic Charles Isherwood, in support of the retraction by "This American Life" of a program about Mike Daisey's "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs."
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