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Posted on 03/16/2012 12:58:18 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater
This American Life is airing a new episode today titled "Retraction." The title and show are a direct response to the January 6th edition of the popular public radio program titled "Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory," an adaptation of a one-man show that helped put Cupertino's involvement with Foxconn back in the public spotlight. "Regrettably," the show's producers write in the description of this week's episode, "we have discovered that one of our most popular episodes was partially fabricated." The hour-long show has been dedicated to clearing up some of the misconceptions, including an interview with Mike Daisey to discover "why he misled This American Life during the fact-checking process." For his part, Daisey responded on his personal blog, explaining, "What I do is not journalism." Daisey adds: My show is a theatrical piece whose goal is to create a human connection between our gorgeous devices and the brutal circumstances from which they emerge. It uses a combination of fact, memoir, and dramatic license to tell its story, and I believe it does so with integrity. An MP3 file of the episode will be made available for download on Sunday.
My favorite line from Mike Daisey:
"What I do is not journalism. The tools of the theater are not the same as the tools of journalism."
Isn't that special?
The truth never quite lives up to the Walter Mitty fantasies of typical confused leftists.
In their minds, they are always fighting the good fight against evil Republicans and Nazis and toothless creationists...
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But remember, it’s not the truth or falseness, but the seriousness of the charges that matter.
Ah, the old Dan Rather "fake but accurate" defense. Isn't that special?My favorite line from Mike Daisey: "What I do is not journalism. The tools of the theater are not the same as the tools of journalism."
Journalists “want to make a difference,” want to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” IOW, journalists lust for power. And they seek power by entering into symbiosis with politicians who also lust for power.Socialist politicians and socialist (“objective”) journalists criticize the same targets - the people who work to a bottom line, and thereby make the country work.
Ah, the old Dan Rather "fake but accurate" defense. Isn't that special?My favorite line from Mike Daisey: "What I do is not journalism. The tools of the theater are not the same as the tools of journalism."
Journalists “want to make a difference,” want to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” IOW, journalists lust for power. And they seek power by entering into symbiosis with each other (via the mechanism of the Associated Press and all other wire services) and with politicians who also lust for power.Socialist politicians and socialist (“objective”) journalists criticize the same targets - the people who work to a bottom line, and thereby make the country work.
Doesn't that describe pretty much all of the Alphabet Media???
That was my thought: “I’m pretty sure they ARE the same as the tools of jounalism!”
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