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German paper apologizes for false story on migrant attacks
Source: Associated Press
German paper apologizes for false story on migrant attacks
Feb. 15, 2017 12:43 PM EST
BERLIN (AP) — German daily paper Bild apologized to its readers Tuesday for falsely reporting about a group of migrants allegedly assaulting women on New Year's Eve in the city of Frankfurt.
The paper wrote in a statement it regrets a report published earlier this month which quoted a waitress, a restaurant owner and his staff saying they witnessed "massive attacks by a mob of drunken foreigners" in downtown Frankfurt.
"Bild explicitly apologizes for the untruthful reporting," the paper said. "This kind of reporting is not up to our own journalistic standards."
Bild said neither police reports of that night nor an investigation following the paper's report could confirm any of the allegations.
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Feb. 15, 2017 12:43 PM EST
BERLIN (AP) — German daily paper Bild apologized to its readers Tuesday for falsely reporting about a group of migrants allegedly assaulting women on New Year's Eve in the city of Frankfurt.
The paper wrote in a statement it regrets a report published earlier this month which quoted a waitress, a restaurant owner and his staff saying they witnessed "massive attacks by a mob of drunken foreigners" in downtown Frankfurt.
"Bild explicitly apologizes for the untruthful reporting," the paper said. "This kind of reporting is not up to our own journalistic standards."
Bild said neither police reports of that night nor an investigation following the paper's report could confirm any of the allegations.
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Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b4cd85d0a00345b8b5557f4d43a52ee7/german-paper-apologizes-false-story-migrant-attacks