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Apple and the Daisey affair

Date: March 18, 2012

Author: Philip Elmer-DeWitt

QUOTE: The show, which cast a harsh light on the working conditions in the Chinese factories....We now know, thanks to follow-up reporting by Rob Schmitz at American Public Media's Marketplace, that Daisey's monologue -- as he reluctantly admits -- was a piece of theater, not a factual report.

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Key People:

• Mike Daisey
• Ira Glass
• Charles Duhigg
• Rob Schmitz

Key Organizations:

• Apple
• Time Warner

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Information
    • Truth / Honesty / Lying / Cheating

• Arts & Humanities
  • Fiction/Poetry/Drama

• Businesses & Organizations
  • Human Resource Development: General
    • Working Conditions / Sweatshops
  • Industry-Specific Issues
    • Manufacturing (General issues)

• Media & Journalism
  • Media Industry Issues
    • Television/TV/Cable Industry/Radio
  • Sources

• Asia
  • East Asia
    • China (People's Republic / Mainland)

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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