Comments on: The Moth http://portablethings.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/the-moth/ a repository of sorts Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:04:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: PJ http://portablethings.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/the-moth/#comment-11 PJ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:46:53 +0000 http://portablethings.wordpress.com/?p=20#comment-11 except that at the beginning of the Moth podcast, it says "The Moth features true stories..." except that at the beginning of the Moth podcast, it says “The Moth features true stories…”

]]> By: Yasmine http://portablethings.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/the-moth/#comment-6 Yasmine Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:00:59 +0000 http://portablethings.wordpress.com/?p=20#comment-6 Actually come to think of it, TAL broadcasts fiction pretty often too. So I don't really see the problem except for the fact that this guy is pissed off because a lot of media people who don't listen to The Moth regularly took Gladwell's story for the truth and gave it a much wider audience, most of whom also weren't aware that The Moth isn't about telling strictly true stories, which really, isn't his fault. If you listen through all the stories, you'll realise that all of them have been polished and embellished, if not outright fiction to begin with. Actually come to think of it, TAL broadcasts fiction pretty often too. So I don’t really see the problem except for the fact that this guy is pissed off because a lot of media people who don’t listen to The Moth regularly took Gladwell’s story for the truth and gave it a much wider audience, most of whom also weren’t aware that The Moth isn’t about telling strictly true stories, which really, isn’t his fault. If you listen through all the stories, you’ll realise that all of them have been polished and embellished, if not outright fiction to begin with.

]]> By: Yasmine http://portablethings.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/the-moth/#comment-5 Yasmine Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:50:04 +0000 http://portablethings.wordpress.com/?p=20#comment-5 Yeah but the stories aren't meant to be true. Mike Daisey's story is about making out with Mena Suvari, and he doesn't tell you it's a joke either. The Moth isn't about true-life tales, unlike This American Life. They're just stories told without notes, not necessarily about real life. Yeah but the stories aren’t meant to be true. Mike Daisey’s story is about making out with Mena Suvari, and he doesn’t tell you it’s a joke either. The Moth isn’t about true-life tales, unlike This American Life. They’re just stories told without notes, not necessarily about real life.

]]> By: Joon http://portablethings.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/the-moth/#comment-4 Joon Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:10:31 +0000 http://portablethings.wordpress.com/?p=20#comment-4 P.S.: With regards to Malcolm Gladwell being on The Moth ... my fave cranky news critic (there's a critic for everything, oh yes) Jack Shafer totally bitched about him lying in the stories he told he at The Moth, about his days as as a Washington Post reporter. Read here: http://www.slate.com/id/2186982/ P.S.:

With regards to Malcolm Gladwell being on The Moth … my fave cranky news critic (there’s a critic for everything, oh yes) Jack Shafer totally bitched about him lying in the stories he told he at The Moth, about his days as as a Washington Post reporter.

Read here: http://www.slate.com/id/2186982/

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