This American Life has completed retracted it’s story called “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory”, as the theatrical performance portrayed in the story was just that — theater based on no actual investigative reporting.
Though this is truly unbelievable for TLA to not follow up with diligence, I think that the release of the story nevertheless set up much of the press leading up to the ultimate investigation of Foxconn and factory conditions in China.
Update: The reporter that TLA will invite onto the show (which actually airs tonight) speaks out in his own story, which also interviews Cathy Lee, Mr. Daisey’s translator.