Putin’s ‘Tiger Hunt’ Story by France 2 Wins Award for Fake News

• Putin’s ‘Tiger Hunt’ Story by France 2 Wins Award for Fake News
  by https://www.rt.com/
  If you’re a media professional writing hit-pieces about Russia and your latest bombshell piece turned out to be fake news, don’t worry, it can still win an award in France. This story about Vladimir Putin on a ‘tiger hunt’ did.
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  In a cheeky Bobards d’Or (‘Golden Hoax’) ceremony in Paris, organized by the Polemia Foundation think tank, some of the most ridiculous fake news stories of the past years were awarded fitting trophies: golden statuettes modeled after the Oscars but made in the image of the character synonymous with being caught in a lie: Pinocchio.
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  The ‘bobards’ were awarded in three categories: the ‘traditional hoax’ for internal French stories, the ‘international hoax’ for stories about foreign affairs, the ‘Yellow Vest hoax’ – for the way the media treated the eponymous protest. One of the protesters, Fiorina Lignier, who had lost an eye to a police gas grenade during a demonstration, was even invited as one of the judges.
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  Out of 15 initial candidates narrowed down by an online vote, the judges ultimately picked three. The international ‘golden hoax’ winner, in line with the spirit of the times, was a story connected to Russia – though in this particular case, Russia wasn’t accused of fabricating fake news, but vindicated as its victim.
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  The golden Pinocchio went to France 2 for a story it had released in August 2018 about world leaders’ extravagant holidaying habits and which claimed that Putin had gone on a “tiger hunt”. It even provided pictures to prove the point – Putin with his hand on a motionless tiger sprawled on the forest floor, as though boasting over a prized kill.
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