German TV reporter Susanna Ohlen has been fired after being caught smearing herself with mud and pretending she assisted with the clean-up operations after the devastating floods that hit the European country last week.
RTL presenter was in the town of Bad Münstereife to ‘help out’ with flood recovery efforts, but the clip shows the reporter deliberately dirtying herself by running the dirt on her forehead and cheeks.
Another video shows Ohlen reporting live for RTL at the same location.
After the scandal erupted, the outlet removed the article.
“Our reporter’s approach clearly contradicts journalistic principles and our own standards. We, therefore, gave her a leave of absence on Monday after we heard about it”, the broadcaster said, addressing the issue.
Forsided, 23.07.2021