Disgraced German reporter stripped of awards, returns others 1 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy the Associated PressBERLIN (AP) — A German journalist who was found to have made up information for numerous published articles is being stripped of two awards he received in 2014 from CNN International, the broadcaster said Thursday. The German Reporters Forum said Relotius contacted the group about returning the four awards it gave him in recent years and to apologize. German magazine Der Spiegel announced Wednesday that Relotius, who worked for the publication first as a freelancer and later full-time, had fabricated interviews and facts in at least 14 articles. Michele Anderson and Jake Krohn listed what they said were 11 inaccurate claims made by the Spiegel reporter in his article, which focused on the town’s conservative voters following the 2016 US presidential election.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 21, 2018 07:52 UTC