Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine and Austria’s Der Standard reported on the arrest of 15 Identitarians in Paris this weekend, despite prosecutors saying those arrested were far-left extremists. Both publications have issued no correction or retraction.
The left-leaning outlets published stories on Sunday afternoon claiming that members of the youth movement — known as Generation Identitaire in France — had been arrested for possessing illegal weapons on Saturday.
On Monday, Paris prosecutors corrected the false information saying that those 14 of those arrested had not been Identitarians, but far-left Antifa extremists OE24 reports.
The information concerning the arrests had been available to Der Standard and Der Spiegel on Sunday as a report from French broadcaster LCI revealed that 14 of those arrested were Antifa extremists.
The far-left activists were arrested by police at around 7pm on Saturday and were suspected of forming a group to commit acts of violence.
Just one man said to be connected to the Identitarians was arrested on weapons charges at 3pm, being caught with possession of a makeshift weapon. Though the individual is said to be a far-right extremist, co-leader of the Austrian branch of the Identitarian movement Patrick Lennart claimed the man is not part of their group.
full story at http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/11/27/fake-news-german-media-falsely-proclaims-arrest-identitarians/