The German tabloid Bild recently claimed that a huge group of intoxicated Muslim men, most of them refugees, had formed a “rioting sex mob” and assaulted scores of women. The story was picked up internationally and spread via social media. Only problem. The story was completely false.
Screen shot Photo: Bild © 2017
The German Tabloid Bild later apologized (Feb. 14, 2017). But Christian Christensen, professor in Journalism, argued on Friday that: "No quantity of retractions, excuses or apologies from the outlets that ran with it will heal the damage". Read Christensen's full op-ed article in the Guardian (Feb. 17, 2017)
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20 februari 2017
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Svante Emanuelli
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