A Der Spiegel journalist who was CNN’s “Journalist of the Year” in 2014 resigned from his job after admitting that he fabricated stories “on a grand scale,” the German publication said.
In a lengthy report on its website, Der Spiegel said that Claas Relotius, a 33-year-old investigative reporter, acknowledged he had made up material.
“Claas Relotius, a reporter and editor, falsified his articles on a grand scale and even invented characters, deceiving both readers and his colleagues. This has been uncovered as a result of tips, internal research and, ultimately, a comprehensive confession by the editor himself,” Der Spiegel said.
Relotius had previously worked for other publications in both Germany and Switzerland and even won a CNN Journalist of the Year award in 2014 in the best print category for the story “Murderers as Carers,” published in the Swiss publication Reportagen. The story focused on prison inmates with dementia in U.S. jails.
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Seems the first time he’ll tell the truth is when he admits most all his stories are lies.
Der Spiegel, my floor dragging incompetent droll spewing overlord informed me of Trump’s derangement.
Questions?s
Damn your Spiegel that trap poop door cost me a 110 drachmas
“I am sick and I need to get help,” Claas Relotius said after resigning from his job.
https://newspunch.com/cnn-journalist-admits-fake-news/
NOTE TO CNN: admitting you have a problem is THE FIRST STEP.
CNN, the place for all the news fit to make up.
How many “journalists” have been found out to be fiction novelists, not journalists?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/13/they-dont-care-facebook-fact-checking-in-disarray-as-journalists-push-to-cut-ties
All for it until they find out who the liars are.
And this is surprising… how? 🙄
The book “Ethics for Journalists” has ben removed from the shelves due to non existent sales. The book had poor chances to become a best seller despite the well defined rules as most journalist do not have the word ethics in their vocabularys.