Oops! German Media Report Accusing Russia of ‘Fake News’ Turns Out to Be Fake
SputnikNews.com
22.04.2017
In its recent publication, the German Spiegel Online magazine reported about an email that contained information about the suspected rape of a young girl by Bundeswehr soldiers in Lithuania. The magazine accused Russia of allegedly being behind the misinformation campaign aimed at discrediting German soldiers.
The author of the e-mail, who still remains unknown, wrote that several Bundeswehr soldiers stationed in the Rukla raped a 15-year-old girl from an orphan home located nearby.
Within a few hours, the Lithuanian police found out that the news was fake. However, the incident caused vivid reactions among German media, which accused Russia of initiating the fake news campaign, Sputnik Germany wrote.
Although there is still no evidence that would help to resolve the case, Spiegel Online journalist Matthias Gebauer wrote without much consideration that the Bundeswehr soldiers stationed in Lithuania were “targeted by a concerted disinformation campaign, which was apparently controlled by Russia.”
According to Gebauer, Moscow “has been trying to criminalize NATO presence and undermine Lithuania’s support for the placement of the troops.”
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