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On Thursday, Germany’s largest newspaper, Der Spiegel suffered a massive embarrassment when it was discovered that one of their more prominent reporters, Claas Relotius, made-up many of his stories. To make the discovery even funnier, CNN had once given him their “Journalist of the Year” commendation. It was an opportunity Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson couldn’t pass up, especially considering the efforts by CNN’s media reporters to bolster the left-wing ad boycott of his show.
“CNN just hates it when you call them ‘fake news’. The governor's brother gets all upset. But, occasionally it fits. They promote it,” Carlson mocked while taking an extra jab at Prime Time host Chris Cuomo. “A couple years ago, CNN honored him as 'journalist of the year'. Now he's being canned.”
Carlson explaining what Relotius faked in one story and it was hard to believe anyone would fall for what he was claiming:
He was caught inventing many of his stories. And it's probably not surprising, they were absurd stories. One example was his profile of a Minnesota town called Fergus Falls, it had a number of Trump supporters. So, he went and stayed for a number of weeks to mock them. The article he wrote had a number of absurd claims intended to make the residents sound ridiculous. At one point, he said the movie American Sniper was still playing to sold-out crowds two years after its release. That’s how dumb they were in the Trump town.
“Well, it took years for him to be caught and one of the main reasons is that he wrote exactly what his audience wanted to hear. And of course, CNN never noticed, they wanted to hear it too,” Carlson continued.
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