Journalist Susanna Ohlen of the television network RTL has been suspended for putting mud on her clothing and face prior to going on air.
“As a journalist, this should never have happened to me. As a person who takes the suffering of all those affected to heart, it has happened to me. I’m sorry,” she apologized in an Instagram post.
“After I had already helped privately in the region in previous days, I was ashamed to stand in front of the camera in clean clothes, in front of the other relief workers. As a result, without thinking twice, I smeared mud on my clothes.”
A video emerged of the journalist in action before the broadcast, making it obvious she was trying to dramatize her report.
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“The actions of our reporter clearly contradicts journalistic principles and our own standards. We therefore suspended her on Monday, after we learned of it,” a spokeswoman for the television network said Thursday, according to DW News.
Floods in Germany killed at least 165 people last week.
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