Feb 21

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ABC announced that it had been granted exclusive access to Foxconn factories in China where the company assembled products for Apple, with the segment scheduled to air on a special edition of Nightline on Tuesday night. ABC also posted a preview of the segment that can be seen after the break.

Apple promised complete access, no dog-and-pony, no Potemkin Village, but they denied my repeated requests to interview Apple CEO Tim Cook or the senior vice president of industrial design, Jony Ive.

In a three-golf-cart convoy, both Apple and Foxconn reps took us around to a half dozen production lines in Shenzhen and Chengdu, and there were always five to six people with us as we toured the factories and dorms. But aside from suggesting a visit to the counseling center or canteen, they never steered us to interviews and never interrupted.


Nightline “iFactory: Inside Apple” segment airs tomorrow, February 21, at 11:35 PM Eastern and Pacific on ABC.

Source [macrumors]

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