This American Life -- Has it "jumped the shark"?

[jsmirman]

58. I've got a question about the translator

Is it plausible that this person could have been entirely unaware of the stir that Daisey's show was making all over the web, worldwide media, etc.?

I don't know enough about how effective Chinese censorship is or isn't to know if this part of things passes the smell test or not.

On the face of it, I want to say, how is it at all possible that this person who speaks both Chinese and English, who is plugged in enough that she was easily tracked down by Rob Schmitz from Marketplace, who lives in or near Shenzen, where one would think the fallout would cause some stir - how is it possible that she could be unaware of the size of the story she was intimately a part of and not check to see what Daisey was actually "reporting"?

But is that possible? Is news and access to news and information so restricted in China that she could have remained unaware of the widespread circulation/popularity of Daisey's story? How restricted, specifically, is news and information in Shenzen?

This is something I would like to understand better.

(Oh, and edited to add that my question relates to the idea that if she did become aware of what he was reporting, why would she wait until now to correct it, or not show any active desire to correct details of events she was said to have participated in, if she knew these things didn't happen?)