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Mike Daisey admits taking 'dramatic license'

Writer Mike Daisey. (Credit: By Stan Barouh, AP)

Last weekend the public radio show This American Life did something for the first time since it debuted in 1995:

It retracted a story.

The retracted episode, "Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory," featured writer Mike Daisey, a figure who has become quite popular for speaking out against conditions at Apple operations in China. The ep featured portions of his one-man show, The Agony and the Ecstasy of...