This is low, low, low... Perhaps Foxconn was *not* guilty of all these claims, Apple *did* find some fault and the fact that the Chinese government has frozen the reporters assets, including their cars and homes is incredibly low and reeks of cover up and a "message" to reporters not to fiddle with factories there.

Welcome to communist China.

CVB

Taiwan is *not* communist China.

This factory is on the mainland, in "communist" China. It is indeed the heavy-handed "Communist" Party government that is attempting to chill the press. The owner of the factory is Taiwanese.

Why is it that journalists think they have the right to say anything they want without any evidence and then hide behind their press badge when the consequences come knocking? I wish this kind of thing happened more often. Maybe journalists would consider doing a little research for their stories if they knew that lying like they so often do would get them in serious hot water. Especially in print where you've got time to research. Live TV reporters have an excuse (not a valid excuse but an excuse just the same) for blurting out rubbish because they don't have time to do their job, but a print journalist doesn't have that.

I'm sick of the media being allowed to say stuff that's false and get away with it. I can't, so why should they. As far as freezing their assets goes, the newspaper has said that it will cover any "consequences" so it seems like more of a formality than anything else. But it stops them transferring assets into someone else's name to try and get away with the crime like executives often do in western countries.

I agree completely. The press has been going downhill for years. They say whatever they want without doing research and then cry "freedom of the press" when they get called on it.

If you don't agree, maybe ask Richard Jewel what his thoughts are.

Well, the problem is that 'journalists' aren't journalists anymore. They're pundits and opinion artists. They don't need to say the truth, because they're just offering opinions on stuff. There's so little real journalism out there, its hard to find it.

As for these guys, maybe they do have proof. Maybe Apple's investigation involved just going into the plant and saying "Hmmm, looks OK to me". Did they talk to the reporters? See their evidence?

Maybe it's time we could do the same in the USA. There are several politicians I would love to see stripped of all of their money.

Better yet, when a politician is caught Lying on numerous occasions, let's say a three strikes your out, albeit proven to some level of standard, we strip them of all of there voting privileges for a period of time. Oh wait, most of these jerks are too busy setting up drive-by media press conferences to spread their BS and Lies to a much larger audience, rather than doing what they have been elected to do - Vote.

Somehow you always seem to find a way to twist any story (no matter the subject matter) into some kind of negative comment directed towards apple. We get it, your smart, quick, witty, opinionated, a real thinker, original, creative, one of a kind, an all around super duper individual. I imagine you recycle, volunteer on the weekends at the childrens hospital, have an incredibly large compost heap in your back yard, drive an electric car, vegetarian, built your house with your bare hands out of nothing but organic material.

And being as super duper as you are you still find the time in your busy schedule to sit down and tell us "mac fanboys" (isn't that what you call us) your side of the story (i.e. your glass half empty apple perspective). Let me be the first to say Thank You. Thank you so very much for being there when I (all of us) need you most and allowing me to think outside of the box and become a more negatively better person. I now can see both sides of the story, my "oh apple is the very greatest bestest company ever!" side and your "testudo induced, singular t******* weilding, brad pitt, bestest color in the world, opinion ever!" side.

You are truely a staple of this community and I wish you the very best as you continue to enlighten all of us on the things we (the "not as smart as testudo, mislead apple fanboys") obviously could never figure out on our own because we are the sheep and you are the shepard. Lead on oh mighty testudo, lead on. You are truely a man among boys in this applecentric society.

I wonder why apples supposed "bad" investigating skills (according to mesiah of the macnn community) have anything to do with Foxconn suing some random journalists? Huh...

appleuzer:

BRAVO!!!