Did you hear? A 13-year-old girl in Berlin was abducted and gang-raped for 30 hours. And a 24-year-old Syrian man in Berlin died of exposure after waiting all night in the cold before the city's asylum authority.
The only reaction to such shocking news is: "You couldn't make it up." But twice this week Berliners learned that, actually, you can make it up.
The right wing and the neo-Nazi were quick to unfurl their banners outside the chancellery chanting 'Merkel must go'.
A mix of social media, alcohol, and right-wing/neo-Nazis nastiness fuelled the situation and the non-truths quickly became 'fact'.
Well worth a read.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/berlin-s-fact-free-asylum-seeker-stories-cause-a-stir-1.2515335#.Vq3eEjd6QUA.mailto
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