My Journalism 201 Intro to Mass Communications Professor, Chris Wells, agreed to allow me to repost one of his blog posts to our blog. His post relates directly to the theme of our blog. His post displays an example of when Mike Daisey lied about conditions in Apple factories in China on an NPR live broadcast. Daisey was caught in his lies and Professor Wells created an assignment out of this journalistic flaw. He wanted us to draw our own conclusions about what happened. I know the radio broadcast is a little long, but it is definitely worth listening to. It is insane how much someone can lie about on air. I wonder what else we hear is false information? When is it ok to stretch the truth/ use theatrical tactics about a situation when people could potentially be in harm's way?
Re-Post from Professor Chris Wells:
Last week, the famous National Public Radio WBEZ Chicago program This American Lifeannounced that it was retracting an earlier episode it had run on January 6, 2012. And a blog post by prominent media critic Jay Rosen is HERE. Your task in Online Assignment #3 is to learn about this case of journalistic mistake and retraction, draw your own conclusions about it
Photo of Mike Daisey.
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