This was a lame excuse. Hardly anyone recognized this fake as a fake, not even the former "Weltwoche" deputy head Markus Somm, as he admitted in our radio show "Roger against Markus". But that's only one thing. Instead of apologizing for the repeated faker case, Köppel followed up with a faker column and thereby made fun of all his readers, especially at a time when the credibility of the media is being questioned like never before.
The announcement "We are taking the case romania rcs data seriously" turned out to be a half-empty promise. Köppel had already announced at the Epiphany meeting on January 9 that some interviews had already been authorized. Two weeks later, the "Weltwoche" wrote in an internal communication that of the 25 interviews that had been printed between 2012 and 2016, eight had certification that they had been conducted. However, the verification was "difficult in many cases".
But they were not even able to contact Relotius. It was different at "Spiegel". blatant misdeeds and thus his modus operandi. At "Weltwoche", they want to continue to create the impression that the confessed faker behaved differently, namely seriously, in his "Weltwoche" articles, in order to avoid an apology. So they continue to duck away. Roger Köppel is a man of many talents. But humility and admitting mistakes are definitely not among his core competencies.