When interviewed by Mr. Schmitz and Mr. Glass for this weekend’s program, Mr. Daisey said, “I’m not going to say that I didn’t take a few shortcuts in my passion to be heard. But I stand behind the work.”
I guess making things up is a shortcut of sorts. Unfortunately, it undercuts what you write, is what you write purports to not be made up.
More here: TT: About Mike Daisey and Steve Jobs. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
Precisely.
For specifics, read Ed's piece: Mike Daisey Lies on This American Life; Theaters Won’t Cancel Performances or Issue Refunds.
More here: TT: About Mike Daisey and Steve Jobs. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
The trouble with "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," as with all theatrical journalism, is that Mr. Daisey is in essence asking us to take his word for it. He hasn't brought back pictures or named names, and the artful anger with which he tells his tale inevitably makes it still more suspect. You don't have to be a puritan to prefer that facts be served straight up.
Precisely.
For specifics, read Ed's piece: Mike Daisey Lies on This American Life; Theaters Won’t Cancel Performances or Issue Refunds.
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