This American Life retracts their Apple/China story

Daisey claims he met underage workers at Foxconn. He says he talked to a man whose hand was twisted into a claw from making iPads. He describes visiting factory dorm rooms with beds stacked to the ceiling. But Cathy says none of this happened.

I must say that while listening to the story some things seemed a little exaggerated, and the his whole style didn't seem very objective. But I didn't suspect that he made things up from whole cloth.

"Regrettably, we have discovered that one of our most popular episodes was partially fabricated. This week, we devote the entire hour to detailing the errors in "Mr. Daisey Goes to the Apple Factory,[1]" Mike Daisey’s story about visiting Foxconn, an Apple supplier factory in China. Rob Schmitz[2], a reporter for Marketplace, raises doubts on much of Daisey's story."

[1] http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/454/m... [2] http://www.marketplace.org/people/rob-schmitz