WOW. I heard that segment on This American Life and was really disturbed by it. What a complete idiot for doing this. I suspect the people at TAL are the most horrified of all and I am sure they will apologize profusely in the next show.
Even though it airs on NPR, it is a very good show and well worth downloading the podcast (same goes for RadioLab, btw.)
I would like to know which parts were made up and which were true.
I remember thinking at the time, this just sounds a little too “perfect” to be true. He hit every evil capitalist factory oppressor hot button while having the full rostrum of liberal’s dystopian victims.
I had a complete lack of outrage by the end of the show, because I was deeply suspicious. I believed when the truth finally came out, the details would be different than what was portrayed by the “reporter”.
Count me among those who will be listening today. Mmmmm...delicious schadenfreude.