It took them 2 weeks to figure this out? Well, I guess better late than never...

I'll bet Apple will cut you a big check.

Enjoy!

Mike Daisey will soon start telling a story about how Cornish thugs broke into his house and beat him up and forcibly took the fake degree out of his hands. There will be lots of really dramatic, stage-ready lines like when one of the thugs turn towards him in the doorway just before leaving and says "You know what they say: All great art is theft."

It will, of course, be bullshit, and when quizzed about it, Mr. Daisey will say, "... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I think it was important to convey the *idea* of what they did."

@ 1, given the rationalized defense Daisey got from some corners, I wouldn't be surprised if there was some heated disagreement among the Cornish leadership. A surprising number of people really don't understand that noble ends don't justify every available means.

You can pick up those degrees out of street dispensers now. He can still say he gave the commencement address.

And liberals continue to eat their own...

Or, rather, liberals continue to police their own and demand that they meet certain basic standards...

@6: I'm sorry, but as a liberal, I neither condone nor consider liars as"one of my own".
People of my ilk also frown upon cannibalism.

Could Daisey's statement be any more smug? Jesus.

Geocrackr very charitably establishes a core difference between Right and Left these days. The Right will keep doing things the wrong way until they become ingrained and "correct," not caring about the means or the truth, and the left will actually revise their views and morally police their "own."

One accepts what is true, the other tries to create their own truth.

Also, this happened in academia, not one the floor of congress. It is really a case of scholars and peer review working to eventually find truth.

Daisey's statement makes it sound like he was asked to withdraw from the ceremony because HE'S TOO FAMOUS AND AWESOME and his presence would be too much of a distraction.
All I can say is wow-- I expect nothing less from a serial distorter.

@6: "And liberals continue to eat their own..."

Whereas your frauds fail upwards. God you're stupid.

So now Cornish is the one without integrity? What a passive-aggressive jerk he is.

"Why are people so mean to me?" asks Mr. Daisey.

Now Daisey will have to put $75000 in the machine like everyone else.

THE SEATTLE TIMES HAS THE EMAILS WHY WON'T THEY SHOW DAISEY'S EMAILS.

Because the emails (if real) show that Mike was trying to do damage control again by withdrawing. Cornish wanted the impact of taking it away from him. Not as nice on their part, I suppose.