Heather's Adventures in Lesotho

I was shocked to hear the news that This American Life is retracting their January 6th episode “Mr Daisey Goes to the Apple Factory” that I was raving about just last weekend. I have not had a chance yet to listen to this weeks episode (called Retraction) where they detail the errors and fabrications in the original story (it’s downloading as I type this) but given how much respect I have for the show I am also taking down my original post. “Mr Daisey Goes to the Apple Factory” was an excerpt from Mike Daisey’s one-man play The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs. In his response to this weeks episode of This American Life he stands by his work as a piece of theatre and not of journalism and that he regrets allowing This American Life to air an excerpt of his show.