Should Mike Daisey get credit for being accountable?
...via Associated Press) Corrupt origins notwithstanding, the edition of “This American Life†that sets the record straight about Mike Daisey’s Apple monologue is some of the most riveting radio ever. Highlights include the parts where Rob Schmitz, a reporter...info
Why Didn't Apple Sue Mike Daisey?
...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 accountâ€"based mostly on discussions with Daisey’s interpreterâ€"and...info
“Significant Fabricationsâ€: Apple Critic Mike Daisey Under Fire
...Daisey is making news again, but the focus is now on his practices rather than the labor practices of Apple, which he examines in his one-man show "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs." Citing "significant fabrications" in Mike Daisey's account of working...info
What Else Has Mike Daisey Lied About?
...has lied about in his decades-long career, besides many of the facts in his story about investigating Foxconn. Here's one. Mike Daisey has been performing his monologuesâ€"a mix of memoir, reportage and social commentaryâ€"since the late 1990s. Before Foxconn,...info
Mike Daisey scandal: Former theater marketer calls for boycott
...though Mike Daisey’s speech at Georgetown University drew a crowd Monday night, there are a few people who don’t want to see him on stage: theater professionals. Alli Houseworth, the former marketing and communications director of the Woolly Mammoth Theater,...info
Mike Daisey scandal: Former theater marketer calls for boycott
...though Mike Daisey’s speech at Georgetown University drew a crowd Monday night, there are a few people who don’t want to see him on stage: theater professionals. Alli Houseworth, the former marketing and communications director of the Woolly Mammoth Theater,...info
Woz defends the indefensible -- Mike Daisey
...playwright Mike Daisey has support from a somewhat unexpected source: Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak. In an interview with CNET on Monday, Wozniak says that he saw "The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" last year and believes that Daisey is not anti-Apple. Woz...info
Mike Daisey to Speak at GU Tonight
...In an age dominated by corporatism at the birth of the new globalism, what does it mean for human beings to speak? Mike Daisey, author and monologist, creator of “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,†examines the threads of dominance and submission that...info
Mike Daisey caught lying about Foxconn; incinerates credibility
...was forced to retract an episode that it broadcast in January about Foxconn’s factories in China. The episode was excerpt of Mike Daisey’s (pictured) acclaimed one-man show “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,†about visiting a Foxconn factory in China...info
Justin Snider: Why Mike Daisey's Fabrications Don't Bother Me
...Daisey is a man damned -- or so the blogosphere, journos and pundits the world over would have us believe. He conflated fact and fiction, and he lied to both the producer and the host of "This American Life" in a radio show they aired in January 2012. But...info