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Re:Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing by probably_wrong on Friday February 01, 2019 @05:56AM (#19053188)
> He acknowledged that some parts of his stories were "beautified" by him to make them more appealing to the readers.

I think you are underselling it. Quoting from Der Spiegel[1], "he included individuals in his stories who he had never met or spoken to, telling their stories or quoting them. (...) He also made up dialogue and quotes."

[1] http://m.spiegel.de/international/the-relotius-case-answers-...

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Re:Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing by martin_a on Friday February 01, 2019 @06:01AM (#19053201)
Oh, I'm sorry. I read into the story when it was more about things like "there was no music playing, although I wrote there was music and I didn't meet XY at that exact day". Didn't deeply look into it afterwards anymore. Thanks for pointing me to this, will read into it again.
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