http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/460/retraction

1..what is fact checking

2.How did the public radio fact check Mike Daisy’s article?

3.What part of the article was a fabrication?

when Mike Daisey talked about the people he saw at the factory

4. What trouble with the translator should have been a red flag?

5. Why was it a mistake, to run the story without reaching the translator?

it was a mistake because you have to at least ask the translator to see if the story was true

6. Who had suspicions about the translator?

Rob Schmitz

7. How did the translator, help set the story straight?

the translator helped set the story straight because she gave the right information

Act 1

interview with Rob Schmitz  (the voice you hear is excerpts from Daisy’s original interview)

8. What part of the interview first tipped China correspondent Rob Schmitz off?

when daisy said he saw under aged workers in apple

9.. Why was the reference to meeting at Starbuck’s so suspicious?

 it was suspicious because if you're on getting 15 dollars working at a apple factory you wouldn’t spend your money at starbucks

10.List two ways that  Schmitz prepare for his trip to the Foxcom.

He had questions to interview with

11.List three things that Mike Daisey lied about related to the Foxconn factory.

there was under aged workers, there was a guy with a messed up hand, and the guards had guns

12 .What was the black list why did the translator think that the black list might be fake?

13 Hexane is an iphone screen dryer.   Why was this part of Daisy’s podcast suspicious?

hexane is a dangerous chemical

The man who got his hand caught in the metal press 

14. What did the translator compare  the story of the old man to?

she compared it to a movie

Act Two

interview with Mike Daisey

   15. How  did Mike explain the age lies?

he said only one girl spoke english and told him her age

16.How did the reporter get the truth about the age?

the reporter went to the translator and asked

17 Hexane

What was wrong with the way Mike Daisey “reported” on the Hexane poisoning?

He kept dragging on with a lie

18. How did he respond to the question of did you lie?

He was really quiet for a couple of minutes and then said no

19. How does this reporter feel about Mike Daisey's reporting?

He feels that Mike Daisey just wanted a good story

20.  What was true about Mike Daisey's report?

Fact Checking

21.  Why did Mike say he lied about the translator's name.

she didn’t want to be mentioned

22.  When confronted with his lies why did Mike Daisey say he lied more?

To get a good story to catch the listeners attention

23   How does Mike Daisey feel about the podcast he did?

Mike Daisey felt terrified

24.  If Mike Daisey says his piece was not journalism, what does he think it is?

A documentary

Extra Credit

Listen to ACT Three

Write a paragraph on the true conditions at Apple factories in China.