by AnonDidNothingWrong
The contracts of Ullrich Fichtner, an editor in chief, and Matthias Geyer, a chief editor, have been “suspended until the (magazine’s) internal commission has completed its investigation into the affair,” the editor in chief Steffen Klusmann said in an internal letter, of which AFP obtained a copy on Friday.
On December 19, Der Spiegel stunned the media world by revealing that one of its award-winning reporters had for years falsified stories.
Claas Relotius, 33, resigned this month after admitting he had made up stories and invented protagonists in more than a dozen articles in the magazine’s print and online editions.
Der Spiegel said on December 23 a criminal complaint would be filed against Relotius after it emerged he may also have embezzled donations intended for Syrian street children.
www.thelocal.de/20181229/german-spiegel-suspends-two-editors-after-fake-news-scandal/amp
I’d be willing to bet they were making stories up about “muh evil right wingers”.