This comment is pretty offensive. Journalists do tell stories, but they make sure those stories are true, verified, factual.
> Given the tenor of the condemnation, you would think I had concocted an elaborate, fanciful universe filled with furnaces in which babies are burned to make iPhone components, or that I never went to China, never stood outside the gates of Foxconn, never pretended to be a businessman to get inside of factories, never spoke to any workers.
But now people will assume that the facts about abusive conditions at developing nation factories (not just China) are created by people like Daisey; that they're on a par with 'babies burning to make iPhones'.
Using babies to make his point is particularly unfortunate because there are suspicions that some factories force women to have abortions. Obviously abortion is so political and polarised it's impossible to find any credible data. Most people agree that forced abortions (whether from the state but especially from employers) are not acceptable. Here's one newspaper article, which doesn't mention factories.
(http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/2/women-forced-...)
In general, life for poor people in China sucks. That doesn't mean we should accept abuse in factories to produce luxury goods for rich people.