Mike Daisey's Been Outed -- Now Let's Talk About The Real Foxconn

Bloomberg:

So Mike Daisey's been outed. The things he said he saw, he didn't. The people he said he spoke to, he didn't. The discoveries he said he made, he didn't. He lied.
It matters a lot that Mike Daisey lied, and it matters that he was caught. You really should listen to the episode of This American Life in which Ira Glass takes a deep breath and lets it all out. It's great storytelling by Rob Schmitz, as fantastic as the story Daisey himself told. Anyone who has become invested in this story of Apple and Foxconn needs to listen to that episode. If you've ever tweeted about how bad Apple is, blogged about the evils of Foxconn's sweatshops, or "Liked" a Facebook post excoriating how iPads are made, then you should listen. Don't take the word of the dozens of bloggers and news outlets who've tried to summarize the whole saga into bite-sized morsels--go listen for yourself. Go on, do it now. I'll wait. You heard it? Good.

Read the whole story at Bloomberg

Comments

[BBackSoon]

12:41 PM on 04/10/2012

I seem to remember that when the Daisey story broke, that Foxconn didn't object to anything in the story but simply said they were working on making things better.

Did I just imagine that?

[builderman55]

11:27 AM on 04/10/2012

What a case study in how some people exploit an ideological narrative. This is proof that there are rigidly ideological people on both sides. On the left, the narrative is that all business is, at some level, corrupt, and the bigger, the more corrupt. On the right, the narrative is that all government is, at some level, corrupt, and the bigger the more corrupt. Both narratives have a visceral component and fanatical adherents. But reality is, as always more nuanced. Establishing a capitalist economy has always been a messy business, but when compared with other options in China, Foxconn is a vast improvement...

[Kai-HK]

04:02 AM on 04/10/2012

Outstanding article. Foxconn is a leader in providing gateway jobs to people whose next best alternative is a lot worse. Is it great by American standards, no not at all, but is it providing fair opportunity with reasonable pay for a reasonable job.

Companies like Foxxconn, Wal-Mart, etc are the reason that China has pulled itself up from being one of the poorest countries in the world. Their efforts and those of other similar companies deserve a Nobel for doing more to pull people out of poverty than the disgusting waste of supra-national aid organizations that waste more money paying tax-free salaries tan they do on helping people.

Good to see free-market capitalism continuing to do more to solve humanity’s problems than any there economic system. We need more of it!!!

Kai

[walt828]

01:06 PM on 04/18/2012

Yeah, exploitation is a great step forward. Sheesh.

[waq ma]

09:47 PM on 04/09/2012

when they are going to release it :)
http://www.vsocio.com/mobile-phone/iphone-5s-37inch-screen-confirmed-latest-ios-beta/

[saintjule]

09:27 PM on 04/09/2012

Bloomberg pays good money for this stuff?

[Kai-HK]

04:03 AM on 04/10/2012

Nothing wrong for being paid for reporting what is true.

[saintjule]

09:26 PM on 04/09/2012

Mike Daisey's Been Outed -- Now Let's Talk About The Real Foxconn

Read the whole story at Bloomberg

Now Can We Start Talking About the Real Foxconn?
What a crock of................ well you know.
Read the entire article and it was even less honest than what Daisy did

[Kai-HK]

04:02 AM on 04/10/2012

How so? In what part?

[saintjule]

11:13 AM on 04/10/2012

Kai-HK

In what part?

All of it!

[walt828]

01:07 PM on 04/18/2012

It is appalling.