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John Gruber on Mike Daisey:

Daisey impugned the integrity of Apple — and the journalism of ABC News — in order to work people up regarding problems that don’t exist. This only served to draw attention away from the labor, health, and environmental issues in Apple’s Asian supply chain that do exist.

He has hurt the true cause, not helped it.

Gruber nailed it. Daisey didn’t fudge the truth a bit to tell a bigger truth—he told lies which misrepresented the truth, told those lies outside of the theater, for the benefit of his own play.

There’s no question here. Daisey lied to the people who attended his performances and lied to everyone else who read about his experiences. He manipulated people, and—let’s be honest—he did so to benefit himself. What he did is terribly shameful.