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I faked Yanis Varoufakis middle-finger video, says German TV presenter
A German TV presenter has admitted to faking a video showing the Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, giving the middle-finger gesture to Germany, after the politician vehemently contested its authenticity. Jan Böhmermann, host of the satirical programme Neo Magazin Royale on public broadcaster ZDF, said he had been waiting since Sunday for someone to ask him if he had faked the controversial footage, but no one had. “Sorry, Mr Varoufakis, we won’t do it again,” Böhmermann said, claiming to detail how a production team had manipulated the video. The footage showed Varoufakis in 2013, before he became ... (full story)
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