This American Life retracts hugely popular episode on Apple and China: “I’m not going to say that I didn’t take a few shortcuts in my passion to be heard,” Daisey says on the upcoming “Retraction” episode, according to TAL. “My mistake, the mistake I truly regret, is that I had it on your show as journalism, and it’s not journalism. It’s theater.” (Via arstechnica.com) Translation: I made my entire name on the back of a massive exaggeration, thus exploiting the people of China at the…

CNN investigates Foxconn iPad factory conditions, Apple responds: A new report features a woman who works 60 hours per week assembling iPad components in China, though she has never seen a full iPad in person. (Via www.appleinsider.com) I know a lot of American workers in cubicles who work 60 hours a week and haven’t seen the product their company produces. So what’s your point, CNN? All kidding aside, conditions in China are pretty horrible. But parading out individuals and making it look like a specific Apple…