One of the articles that are shown to be partially fabricated of Claas Relotius is about two syrian siblings who live on the street in Turkey. When the story had been published in Der Spiegel, the overall Relotius money from their readers to help the children. The money ended up in his own bank account, writes Der Spiegel.
It is so far unknown how many of the readers who donated money and how the large sums it is all about. Der Spiegel did not know the collection and will leave of its own investigation to the judiciary.
he, thanks to the money collected arranged so that a German läkarpar could adopt siblings. Also not this is true, and what happened with the money is unclear.
Claas Relotius has in recent years been one of Germany’s most famous journalists. CNN named Relotius to this year’s journalist of 2014. He was awarded as late as december of this year a prestigious German prize for journalism.
Der Spiegel ask to their readers, to apologize for what the magazine calls a bottenmärke in its sjuttiotvååriga history. The editorial board is now calling all of the 60 texts of the Claas Relotius published. The magazine will also publish a 23-page story on the reporter’s lies, writes The Guardian.
when a colleague who worked with him in a story about the american vigilante did something and gets restless and sounded the alarm. Relotius explanation is fear, ”the greater the success I had, the more increased the pressure on not to fail”.
German stjärnreportern who bluffed: ”I was afraid to fail,”