Mr Daisy was overfertilizing

I don't know if you've heard of this follow up to the 'This American Life' story about Mr. Daisy goes to the Apple factory. Well, they have retracted the story after discovering that some of the facts in the story were not facts but embellishments. Ira Glass has an NPR correspondent (Rob Schmitz) for Marketplace and a veteran of covering stories in China track down the interpreter that Mike Daisy used and talks about in the original piece. This is where the story starts to fall apart.
I saw this in the NY Times and am listening to the piece aired on 'This American Life'. What I find both compelling and interesting is that the story self-corrected, but also what Mike Daisy stands by (in the NY Times) in his story while acknowledging his embellishments. Clearly he was successful in getting the kind of attention to the issue that he was after, maybe more successful than he expected. They interview Mike Daisy and it sounds to me as if he is a zealot who may be holding himself to a higher judge than the ethics of journalism (of which he is not a member).
The moment that was most revealing to me came later in the show when interviewing Charles Duhigg (NY Times reporter) about Apples' manufacturing practices in China. Ira Glass' comments about still feeling guilty about all the Apple products he owns and loves. Duhigg says that we came to a point in this nation where we regulated the working conditions in manufacturing specifically to end the harsh conditions, unsafe environments etc... In the many years that followed we have exported those conditions to other nations so that we and our favorite brands can enjoy cheaper stuff and make money. I don't like being lied to, but Thanks Mike Daisy