Simple Googling dug up what Daisey had hidden

In the view of Poynter Institute expert Craig Silverman, the editorial process that Ira Glass described for “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory” wasn’t rigorous enough to meet journalistic standards.

This American Life producer Brian Reed, who worked with Glass to vet Daisey’s monologue, fact-checked the ideas in the story, but not the specific details of each of Daisey’s encounters, said Silverman, author of Regret the Error, a Poynter blog about fact-checking. “The show worked to vet elements of the Daisey story, but I think their approach was different from what is typically defined as ‘fact-checking,’” Silverman said. “At some point, they came to see Daisey as a partner in the verification process, when, in fact, the nature of this story made it important for him to be the subject of verification.”