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Exposed: German weekly Der Spiegel's star reporter Claas Relotius faked stories for years – he says he is 'sick' and needs help | South China Morning Post
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Exposed: German weekly Der Spiegel's star reporter Claas Relotius faked stories for years – he says he is 'sick' and needs help | South China Morning Post
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![24 May 2019, Hamburg: "Der Spiegel" editor-in-chief Steffen Klusmann stands in front of the lettering "Sagen, was ist." by "Der Spiegel" founder Rudolf Augstein in the publishing building. A good five months 24 May 2019, Hamburg: "Der Spiegel" editor-in-chief Steffen Klusmann stands in front of the lettering "Sagen, was ist." by "Der Spiegel" founder Rudolf Augstein in the publishing building. A good five months](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/TAFEDE/24-may-2019-hamburg-der-spiegel-editor-in-chief-steffen-klusmann-stands-in-front-of-the-lettering-sagen-was-ist-by-der-spiegel-founder-rudolf-augstein-in-the-publishing-building-a-good-five-months-after-the-discovery-of-the-counterfeit-case-involving-the-reporter-claas-relotius-the-spiegel-has-published-a-final-report-on-the-affair-the-spiegel-publishing-house-in-hamburg-made-the-counterfeits-public-in-december-2018-according-to-spiegel-since-2011-around-60-texts-had-appeared-in-the-magazine-and-on-spiegel-online-which-the-journalist-had-written-or-in-which-he-was-invol-TAFEDE.jpg)
24 May 2019, Hamburg: "Der Spiegel" editor-in-chief Steffen Klusmann stands in front of the lettering "Sagen, was ist." by "Der Spiegel" founder Rudolf Augstein in the publishing building. A good five months
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Award-winning reporter at Der Spiegel forced to admit he MADE UP stories for years | Daily Mail Online
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Claas Relotius: Der Spiegel reporter wrote fake stories 'on a grand scale' says German magazine | CNN Business
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Der Spiegel reporter accused of making up stories 'appealed for donations for Syria that went straight into his bank account' | The Independent | The Independent
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