[–] derram 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Fake News: Germany’s Der Spiegel says star reporter invented interviews ‘on a grand scale’ for years | National Post
'BERLIN — German weekly Der Spiegel says one of its star reporters has left the publication after committing journalistic fraud “on a grand scale” over a number of years. '
'The magazine published a lengthy report Wednesday following an internal investigation into the work of Claas Relotius, a 33-year-old staff writer known for his vivid investigative stories. '
'Spiegel reported that Relotius, who previously worked for other publications and won a CNN Journalist of the Year award in 2014, has resigned after admitting to inventing interviews. '
'Several of Relotius’ articles were about the United States, including alleged abuse in a Florida reform school, an execution in Texas, a border militia in Arizona and a small town in Minnesota. '
'The magazine said the incident marks “a low point in the 70-year history of Der Spiegel.”'
[–] PhilKDick 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
He won a distinguished writing award in 2017 for a story about 10 and 11 year old Syrian refugee brothers. A sampling: "Ahmed and Alin know nothing about refugee quotas. They don’t know anything about Turkey, about a president named Erdogan or about a deal with the European Union. All they know is that they can’t return to Syria because it’s too dangerous and they can’t continue on to another country because the other countries don’t want them." Relotius won another award from, drum roll please . . . CNN!