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| Author | Juan Moreno [de] |
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| Language | German |
| Publisher | Rowohlt Verlag |
| Publication date | 17 September 2019 |
| Publication place | German |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 978-3-7371-0086-1 |
Tausend Zeilen Lüge. Das System Relotius und der deutsche Journalismus is a 2019 book by the Spanish journalist Juan Moreno [de]. It is about the case of the Spiegel journalist Claas Relotius, who was revealed by his colleague Moreno to fabricate content for his news stories.
Reception
Philip Oltermann of The Guardian called the book "a riveting read" because of the approach Moreno chose, where he, as an immigrant from Spain, portrays himself as an outsider and Relotius as a favoured "high-performance Teuton".
Film adaptation
The 2022 film A Thousand Lines is loosely based on Tausend Zeilen Lüge. It was directed by Michael "Bully" Herbig and stars Jonas Nay and Elyas M'Barek. The director said it was impossible to make a fully faithful adaptation of the book, but used it as inspiration for his own interpretation of the story. In the film, the characters based on Relotius and Moreno are called Lars Bogenius and Juan Romero.
References
- Oltermann, Philip (9 December 2019). "The inside story of Germany's biggest scandal since the Hitler diaries". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- Burg, Susanne (24 September 2022). "Spiel mit der Wahrheit" (in German). Deutschlandfunk Kultur. Retrieved 10 September 2023.