Reports of 10-year-old killed in Ukraine 'made up'

[redsn0w]

Information war has been a huge part of the Ukraine conflict, with both sides accusing the other of manipulating the media. With Ukrainian channels off air in the rebel-held Donetsk region, the population there relies entirely on Russian media. Russian television stations recently report claims that a 10-year-old girl had been killed by shelling.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32137302

Russian media widely reported the tragic story of a 10-year-old girl killed by Ukrainian government shelling in the Petrovsky region of Donetsk, in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. The only problem: The girl never existed, discovered BBC News reporters Natalia Antelava and Abdujalil Abdurasulov. Antelava spoke with people in the region, including the morgue director, and nobody knew the girl or recalled shelling, although they heard the story on TV.

http://theweek.com/speedreads/548514/bbc-catches-russian-media-fabricating-dead-10yearold-ukrainian-girl

Where are we now? And especially, the mass media are continuing their "inside" work.

[Muhammed Zakir]

Was there any cause for fake news? Political influence or money for broadcasting etc...?

British Journalists Disprove Fake “Death” of 10-year-old Girl in Donetsk Reported by Russian Media

08.04 11:16

BBC journalists exposed the lies of Russian TV channels that showed the story of 10-year-old girl killed during the shelling in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. The journalists conducted their own investigation and visited the alleged “crime” scene.

It turned out that no resident of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk was able to confirm this information, reports BBC.

“I heard it on TV, too” – said one of the residents of Donetsk, and added that she actualy does know nothing about the “incident”.

Meanwhile, another woman said that the city wasn’t even shelled that day.

Reporters interviewed several other residents, but no one heard about the “tragedy”. “If  something like that happened here we would know about it… The news spread quickly in here,” – said one of the women.

In addition, journalists visited the morgue in Donetsk. Nikolai Kalashnikov, director of the morgue, said that they haven’t received the body of the allegedly deceased girl.

“There was no girl. She did not die. We just were compelled to broadcast this, “- said one of the Russian journalists on a Russia-backed militants’ checkpoint.

For your interest, only NTV channell admitted taking the information about the death of the girl from the speeches of spokespersons of self-proclaimed republics. Other Russian channels haven’t responded to the request by British journalists.

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British Journalists Disprove Fake “Death” of 10-year-old Girl in Donetsk Reported by Russian Media

08.04 11:16

BBC journalists exposed the lies of Russian TV channels that showed the story of 10-year-old girl killed during the shelling in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. The journalists conducted their own investigation and visited the alleged “crime” scene.

It turned out that no resident of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk was able to confirm this information, reports BBC.

“I heard it on TV, too” – said one of the residents of Donetsk, and added that she actualy does know nothing about the “incident”.

Meanwhile, another woman said that the city wasn’t even shelled that day.

Reporters interviewed several other residents, but no one heard about the “tragedy”. “If  something like that happened here we would know about it… The news spread quickly in here,” – said one of the women.

In addition, journalists visited the morgue in Donetsk. Nikolai Kalashnikov, director of the morgue, said that they haven’t received the body of the allegedly deceased girl.

“There was no girl. She did not die. We just were compelled to broadcast this, “- said one of the Russian journalists on a Russia-backed militants’ checkpoint.

For your interest, only NTV channell admitted taking the information about the death of the girl from the speeches of spokespersons of self-proclaimed republics. Other Russian channels haven’t responded to the request by British journalists.

Was there any cause for fake news? Political influence or money for broadcasting etc...?

I think the unique "valide or possible" reason is a political influence from a government, I don't have anything else in mind (but maybe someone from Ukrainian can explain better what is happened and the reason).