This American Life has retracted the above story because we learned that many of Mike Daisey's experiences in China were fabricated.
I appreciate what Mike Daisey was trying to do. He was worried about the workers in China and decided to do something about it, he just did not go about it the right way. That being said, it is not right to lie or make up stories about a very serious topic. It's going to be doing the opposite of what Daisey most likely wanted, spread awareness. People are going to see that he made it up and then not listen to anything that he has to say on the topic.