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Germany: Der Spiegel says star reporter made up material
AP ^ | December 19, 2018 | Frank Jordans, Associated Press

Posted on 12/19/2018 9:33:46 AM PST by dsc

BERLIN (AP) — An award-winning journalist who worked for Der Spiegel, one of Germany's leading news outlets, has left the weekly magazine after evidence emerged that he committed journalistic fraud "on a grand scale" over a number of years, the publication said Wednesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fakenews
Wonder why they jumped on this guy, when they all lie constantly.
1 posted on 12/19/2018 9:33:46 AM PST by dsc
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The magazine said Relotius resigned Monday after admitting some of his articles included made-up material from interviews that never happened.

This is SOP at WAPO and the Slimes...not to mention all the cable news networks, the broadcast networks...hell the entire industry!

2 posted on 12/19/2018 9:36:05 AM PST by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP! WWG1WGA)
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Maybe he was being blackmailed. Do this, or I will tell everybody that you’re a fake. The writer has already had a long career, so he may have said “Go ahead, tell everybody.
I’m tired of lying anyway.”
Apparently, the editors are not too demanding at Der Spiegel.


3 posted on 12/19/2018 9:36:57 AM PST by lee martell (AT)
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“CNN Journalist Of The Year”

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!


4 posted on 12/19/2018 9:41:05 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Admissions of fake news. Not isolated in the industry or century.


5 posted on 12/19/2018 9:43:29 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committtee)
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“fake but accurate”


6 posted on 12/19/2018 9:43:58 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Another Stephen Glass, Jason Blair, etc.


7 posted on 12/19/2018 9:44:10 AM PST by darkangel82
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When YOU do it, it's lying. It's fraud.

When THEY do it, it's pursuing some higher cause.

8 posted on 12/19/2018 9:47:37 AM PST by gaijin
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Der Spiegel should lighten up. Not every journalist can be as honest as Brian Williams is. It's an impossibly high standard!


9 posted on 12/19/2018 9:50:48 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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Time Person of the Year 2018: The Guardians of the Truth

10 posted on 12/19/2018 9:50:51 AM PST by monkeyshine
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“the winning of the Fake News Award is”.....this is so exciting i can hardly wait..”and the winner is...ALL OF THEM!”


11 posted on 12/19/2018 9:56:36 AM PST by Leep (we need a Trump like leader for President 2024!)
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He had to make things up, because the stories his Left-wing bosses wanted him to write could not be found in the real world.


12 posted on 12/19/2018 10:09:29 AM PST by BeauBo
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Further fabrications by Relotius included a phone interview with the parents of American football player Colin Kaepernick, who protested police brutality by kneeling during the pre-game singing of the national anthem, Spiegel said. Another was reporting that a sign on the edge of a Minnesota town read “Mexicans Keep Out,” Spiegel said.


13 posted on 12/19/2018 10:17:47 AM PST by robowombat (Orthodox)
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“He had to make things up, because the stories his Left-wing bosses wanted him to write could not be found in the real world.”

Good point, although I’m confident he also wanted to make things up because he is a disgusting leftwad scoundrel.

“Further fabrications by Relotius included a phone interview with the parents of American football player Colin Kaepernick, who protested police brutality by kneeling during the pre-game singing of the national anthem, Spiegel said.”

...Colin Kaepernick, who protested almost entirely fictional police brutality by kneeling...

Does the right to free speech include the right to knowingly and maliciously deceive people with the intent of harming them? Because that’s what the evilstream misleadia is up to.


14 posted on 12/19/2018 10:27:20 AM PST by dsc (Our system of government cannot survive one-party control of communications.)
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Admission off fake news?


15 posted on 12/19/2018 10:30:53 AM PST by Retvet (Retvet)
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Woodward.............


16 posted on 12/19/2018 10:37:35 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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The culture of fake news must ocassionally select a sacrificial lamb to throw under the bus. Then they pat themselves on the back for their integrity. Beyond laughable.


17 posted on 12/19/2018 10:51:19 AM PST by Spok
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Can PMSNBC be fired? Just wondering...


18 posted on 12/19/2018 6:52:37 PM PST by Libloather (Trivial Pursuit question - name the first female to lose TWO presidential elections!)
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