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Writer touted by CNN as 'Journalist of the Year' forced to resign for fabricating stories
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| December 20, 2018
| Lukas Mikelionis
Posted on 12/20/2018 10:07:10 AM PST by gattaca
he German magazine Der Spiegel revealed Wednesday that one of its top award-winning journalists fabricated many of his articles, inventing characters, sources, and their quotes “on a grand scale” for many years.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2018review; cnnfakenews; daslugencnn; demlies; erfundenenachrichten; fakenews; fakenewscnn; lugencnn; manoftheyear; oops
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:07:10 AM PST
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gattaca
To: gattaca
The author fails to grasp that making up stories and journalist of the year are one and the same. There IS no news here.
To: gattaca
Insofar as “Der Spiegel” means, “The Mirror” in German, perhaps they were just reflecting the writing habits of CNN.
Just Sayin’
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:11:10 AM PST
by
FrankR
(Make America Great Again, and Keep It That Way.)
To: gattaca
Fergus Falls Mn. gets it’s revenge!
To: gattaca
I’m shocked. Probably just the tip of the iceberg.
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:11:26 AM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: jimmygrace
wait! fake news is suddenly bad now?
I probably should have clicked the link to read the article. I’m gonna go on a limb and guess it wasn’t a left-leaning ‘journalist’
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:11:27 AM PST
by
z3n
To: gattaca
To: gattaca
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:14:06 AM PST
by
timestax
To: gattaca
I am soooooooooooooooooooooo not shocked..................
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:14:12 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: gattaca
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:14:25 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: gattaca
It just goes to show ya - The BEST stories are FAKE!
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:14:56 AM PST
by
_Jim
(democrats create mobs. Republicans create jobs.)
To: timestax
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:15:13 AM PST
by
timestax
To: gattaca
If he worked for CNN it would of been business as usual. Fake Tapper, Wolf Blitzed and Don Sour Lemon fabricate things every damn day at that joke of a network!
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:15:49 AM PST
by
dowcaet
To: Yo-Yo
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:17:44 AM PST
by
timestax
To: z3n
Just read the headline...Do you think CNN would “tout” a right leaning “journalist”????
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:19:32 AM PST
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: timestax
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:19:37 AM PST
by
timestax
To: JBW1949
Yes, if the article supported their narrative
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:23:51 AM PST
by
z3n
To: gattaca
He’s the best representative for today’s journalism so I applaud the pick.
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:26:19 AM PST
by
SaxxonWoods
(The internet has driven the world mad.)
To: z3n
OK...CNN would tout a right leaning journalist as “Journalist of The Year”....OK...
I really doubt I’ll live long enough to see that....
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:27:16 AM PST
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: gattaca
Sounds about right, it’s what they do.
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:27:28 AM PST
by
1Old Pro
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