Winner of CNN’s ‘Journalist of the Year’ Award Admits He Made up Reports
By Daily Wire. A recent winner of CNN’s “Journalist of the Year” has admitted to fabricating reports for years “on a grand scale” while at Der Spiegel, a German publication, which warned his other media organizations may have been affected.
“Claas Relotius, a reporter and editor, falsified his articles on a grand scale and even invented characters, deceiving both readers and his colleagues,” Der Spiegel reported. “This has been uncovered as a result of tips, internal research and, ultimately, a comprehensive confession by the editor himself.”
The publications said that suspicions grew after a November report by Relotius “about an American vigilante group that patrols the border between Mexico and the United States.”
A co-author on the report said that he observed Relotius’ behavior and grew distrustful, then reported what happened, which led to the publication confronting him.
“Claas Relotius committed his deception intentionally, methodically and with criminal intent,” Der Spiegel continued. “For example, he included individuals in his stories who he had never met or spoken to, telling their stories or quoting them. Instead, he would reveal, he based the depictions on other media or video recordings. By doing so, he created composite characters of people who actually did exist but whose stories Relotius had fabricated. He also made up dialogue and quotes.” (Read more from “Winner of CNN’s ‘Journalist of the Year’ Award Admits He Made up Reports” HERE)
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Poll: 77 Percent Say Major News Outlets Report ‘Fake News’
By Politico. President Donald Trump is not alone in thinking media outlets spread “fake news.”
More than 3-in-4 of 803 American respondents, or 77 percent, said they believe that major traditional television and newspaper media outlets report “fake news,” according to a Monmouth University poll released Monday, marking a sharp increase in distrust of those news organizations from a year ago, when 63 percent registered concerns about the spread of misinformation.
Among those, 31 percent said they believe those media outlets spread “fake news” regularly, and 46 percent said it happens occasionally.
The findings also showed Americans diverging on what constitutes “fake news,” with 65 percent saying it applies broadly to the editorial decisions outlets make over what topics to cover and 25 percent more narrowly defining it to apply only to the spread of factually incorrect information. (Read more from “Poll: 77 Percent Say Major News Outlets Report ‘Fake News'” HERE)
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