Weekly public radio program "This American Life" has said today that it will retract an episode about Apple's Foxconn factories in China as significant parts of the episode was fabricated.

The writer, playwright Mike Daisey admitted on Friday that he took shortcuts to show the tale of workers in Apple's supply chain factories in China. However, Mr. Daisey said that he backs the monologue and said that his work was theater and not journalism. Mr. Daisey said in a statement posted on his website that he used a combination of fact, memoir, and dramatics to tell a story and claims that he did that with integrity.

"This American Life" said that it was retracting the entire episode about Apple's supply chain factories in China because the writer had fabricated the information. Ira Glass, the host of the public radio show said that he does not back claims presented in a January 6 broadcast.

The popular episode, "Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory," was based on information from the playwright. Mr. Daisey performs in a one-man show called, "The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs". He condemns the difficult working conditions of workers in factories that form part of the Apple's global supply chain.

Glass said that Mr. Daisey lied to him as well as the producer of `This American Life', Brian Reed during the fact checking exercise that was conducted before the program was broadcasted. He also said that this cannot be accepted as a justification and admitted to the mistake of airing the made-up content.

"Our program adheres to the same journalistic standards as the other national shows, and in this case, we did not live up to those standards," he said.