[untog]

When did he pick apart things in this story that seem true? This is hardly the first piece of evidence suggesting that factory conditions in China aren't great- there is a wealth of evidence. If you want something to watch, check out China Blue, for example.

The point is that this will do damage to the existing, unchallenged evidence, because it'll have some kind of guilty by association attached to it.

[tptacek]

"What's really tragic here is that the truth in Mr. Daisey's story will get dragged down by the weight of his lies."

I don't think his story taints any other particular investigation of Foxconn. But I think his whole story is now hazmat.

[Steko]

"This is hardly the first piece of evidence suggesting that factory conditions in China aren't great"

It's funny how people want to whitewash how Daisey slandered Apple here. He wasn't speaking generically about Chinese factories -- the entire piece is built around a crucifixion of Apple. Apple, the bad Chinese sweatshop exploiter, that's what tens of millions of people who read the wave of publicity from this story took away from it. Each piece I've read has a few bits tacked on about "the rest of the industry" almost as an afterthought.

Maybe Apple's the worst and deserves to be raked over the coals. But if the truth is that Apple holds it's suppliers to higher standards and should be held up as an example for other companies well you wouldn't know it.