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In reply to the discussion: Where are all the Apple haters now??? Mike Daisey admits to being in theater not journalism. He took [View all]former9thward
(32,093 posts)46. They pulled the 'facts' that were aired on the January program.
Of course maybe the version you heard confirmed them.
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Pisces
Mar 2012
OP
there are independent reports about their manufacturing processes so yeah, I still 'hate'
roguevalley
Mar 2012
#1
I include them all, Nadin. None of them are there for good reasons. I hope to god that
roguevalley
Mar 2012
#36
I have no idea what you are even talking about. You and the dozen or so others who
kestrel91316
Mar 2012
#2
Apple stuff is still made in a hellish sweat shops alongside all the other electronic crap
KG
Mar 2012
#16
I can bet that the majority of items made in China wether they be electronics or toys have poor
Pisces
Mar 2012
#22
True, but the top dog is the consumer that wants cheap products. Most of our things come from China
Pisces
Mar 2012
#33
I don't feel ripped off. I have a great computer that is easy to use and has never had a virus.
Pisces
Mar 2012
#43
They did NOT "pull the program". It aired in early January and today they offered a "retraction".
A HERETIC I AM
Mar 2012
#45
LOL. I thought the line was "EVERYBODY makes stuff at Foxconn," (the suicide plant).
Romulox
Mar 2012
#62
Nonsense. That's a bogus comparison. The correct comparison is to a similar US manufacturing plant.
Romulox
Mar 2012
#67
Cities have jails. And mental hospitals. And homeless people. And junkies. Foxconn got those, too?
Romulox
Mar 2012
#71
Your assertions are simply bizarre and inaccurate. Moreover, they are entirely irrelevant. nt
Romulox
Mar 2012
#89
Foxconn isn't a city. Fact. China has a huge heroin problem. Fact. Your claims are ludicrous. n
Romulox
Mar 2012
#99
LOL. Yeah, if you want to go by what's in the *paper*, yes, Apple is a human rights abuser...
Romulox
Mar 2012
#100
they're all out paying half the price for a computer just as good or better lol nt
msongs
Mar 2012
#24
Daisey's narrative has untruths. Doesn't change that others have reported the same stuff.
joshcryer
Mar 2012
#40
Daisey sounds like a false-flag propagandist. Wonder if Apple is paying him? nt
Romulox
Mar 2012
#59
I for one am so glad about this travesty of reporting being corrected by reality.
Safetykitten
Mar 2012
#63