Anonymous ID: fcfdd1 Dec. 21, 2018, 11:50 a.m. No.4412763   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2774 >>2878 >>2883

Der Spiegel to run 23-page special on reporter who faked stories

 

Since the scandal was revealed by the magazine on Wednesday, other mainstream German outlets including Die Welt and Die Zeit, which once used Relotius as a freelancer, have also begun poring through articles that he wrote for them.

“Tell it like it is,” wrote Der Spiegel on its latest magazine cover page, in an allusion to the publication’s motto coined by its founder, Rudolf Augstein, that also hangs at the entrance of its headquarters in Hamburg.In its editorial, the magazine said the scam, involving subjects including Syrian orphans and a Holocaust survivor, was the “worst thing that can happen to an editorial team”.

It also apologised for the mistake and promised to “do everything to boost our credibility again”.

Relotius had written for the magazine for seven years and won numerous awards for his investigative journalism, including CNN’s journalist of the year prize in 2014.

 

The cheating came to light after a colleague who worked with him on a story along the US-Mexican border raised suspicions about some of the details in Relotius’s reporting.

The colleague eventually tracked down two alleged sources quoted extensively by Relotius in the article, which was published in November. Both said they had never met Relotius.

Der Spiegel said it was “lucky that one of our employees managed to uncover this case”.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/21/der-spiegel-to-run-23-page-special-on-reporter-who-faked-stories-claas-relotius

Anonymous ID: fcfdd1 Dec. 21, 2018, 11:55 a.m. No.4412827   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2840

File this under Don't Throw Out Those Old Highway Signs

 

FREEWAY 134 IN LOS ANGELES NAMED THE 'PRESIDENT BARACK H. OBAMA HIGHWAY'

 

A portion of Freeway 134 between the Glendale CA-2 and the 210 Freeway were named the President Barack H. Obama highway, CBSLA reported. The highway will run through parts of Glendale, Pasadena, and Eagle Rock, according to the news station.

 

https://www.newsweek.com/freeway-los-angeles-president-barack-obama-highway-1268256?