However, when the This American Life furore erupted I defended Daisey in part.
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On his MSNBC show yesterday, Chris Hayes addressed the controversy over Apple and Mike Daisey.
The interpreter disputed much of what Daisey has been saying on stage and on our show.
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Perhaps Reuters (or Ms. Cheng) should have a word with Mike Daisey on that.
Mike Daisey lied in service of a greater truth, if we are to believe the man himself.
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The episode, entitled Mr Daisey and the Apple Factory, was distributed by Public Radio International and broadcast nationwide.
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The reporter, Rob Schmitz, said the translator disputed much of Mr. Daisey's account.
The Chicago-based producers now say they have learned that Daisey's monologue included fabrications.
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"I would say that I wanted to tell a story that captured the totality of my trip, " Mr. Daisey said.
This American Life also published a popular story based on Mike Daisey's account of his visit to China in January 2012.
Second, the problem: Both the founders of IC and Daisey seem to think they are a key part of that change.
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The China correspondent for the public radio show Marketplace tracked down the interpreter that Daisey hired when he visited Shenzhen China.
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On Friday afternoon, the New York Times removed a paragraph from an opinion piece Mr. Daisey had written for the paper's website.
If Daisey had claimed the theatrical exemption in the theatre for his inventions then I would be just fine with those inventions.
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Chris then criticized Daisey for misappropriating the story of a man whose hand was deformed as a result of an industrial accident.
In a statement, Mr. Daisey said he stood by his work, though he noted his work is a theatrical piece, and not journalism.
In March 2012, This American Life retracted its story as it was unable to verify some of the details given by Mike Daisey.
Delivered as an intimate and emotional discussion, Mr. Daisey helped put a new spotlight on labor conditions in factories that make Apple's gadgets.
This American Life made headlines when a January edition broadcast extracts of performer Mike Daisey's account of a visit to the plant, run by Foxconn.
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It therefore seems likely that Mike Daisey's account of his visit is a mixture of both fact and details that are incorrect, incomplete or imagined.
While Daisey and others remain intent on associating Apple's late founder with the company's poor labor practices, this can and should be Cook's defining moment.
Daisey lied to me and to This American Life producer Brian Reed during the fact checking we did on the story, before it was broadcast.
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Clearly that is what Invisible Children and Daisey hoped to do.
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" It added that Mr. Daisey "has illuminated how our actions affect people half-a-world away and, in doing so, has spurred action to address a troubling situation.
Mr. Daisey's story unraveled after a reporter from a different radio program, American Public Media's "Marketplace, " met with the translator used by Mr. Daisey on his travels to Shenzhen.
Mr. Schmitz later confronted Mr. Daisey, and according to a transcript posted online, asked the stage performer about the workers he said were poisoned by the toxic chemical known as N-hexane.
The paragraph recounted a story from Mr. Daisey's monologue, in which he met a man with a hand "permanently curled into a claw" an account that "This American Life" said was also false.
From Mike Daisey we may get Upton Sinclair.
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Daisey has made three appearances on Up With Chris Hayes over the last few months, in some cases repeating the falsehoods from his live show, though not as extensively as he did on This American Life.
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