Here's another case of the media in one country
reporting another country's satire as straight news. About a week ago the Austrian paper
Der Standard reported that a Canadian-American company was going to privatise and expand the Bratislava airport, which would involve the relocation of the entire village of Ivanka pri Dunaji. And where did
Der Standard get this story? From the website of sme.sk, a Slovakian paper. It didn't notice that the story was over six months old and dated April 1st. What happened next, of course, was that the news bounced back to Slovakia where it was also reported as true, with the Slovakian media citing
Der Standard as their source. Probably gave the villagers in Ivanka pri Dunaji a good scare.
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