OK I cannot paste the article in if someone could I would be grateful it's about Die Spiegel journalist fabricaring stories on the BBC news website.Thought maybe some would be interested thanks.
Is fabicaring when you pretend something matters to you? Der Spiegel reporter Claas Relotius sacked over 'invented' stories
German news magazine Der Spiegel has sacked an award-winning staff writer after accusing him of inventing details and quotes in numerous stories.
Claas Relotius "falsified articles on a grand scale and even invented characters", Der Spiegel said.
Among the articles in question are major features that had been nominated for or won awards, the magazine added.
Relotius, 33, admitted deceiving readers in some 14 stories published in Der Spiegel, the magazine said.
An investigation into a story by Relotius about immigration and the US-Mexican border revealed that he had fabricated information about seeing a hand-painted sign in a town in Minnesota that read: "Mexicans Keep Out."
Fraudulent information appeared in other stories including one about inmates at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay and another about the US NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
Relotius, who joined the publication as a freelancer in 2011, told the magazine he regretted his actions and was deeply ashamed.
He has written some 60 articles for the magazine, many of which he has said are accurate.
The Hamburg-based publication, which has apologised to its readers, said it was "shocked" by the revelations, describing them as "a low point in Spiegel's 70-year history".
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