"People like a very simple narrative… . Foxconn bad. iPhone bad. Sign a petition. Now you’re good. That’s a great, simple message and it’s going to resonate with a public radio listener. It’s going to resonate with the New York Times reader. And I think that’s one of the reasons [Daisey] had so much traction."

Bloomberg reporter Adam Minter regarding the Mike Daisey scandal on This American Life

(Source: thebaffler.com)