Yanis Varoufakis was recently accused of "sticking the finger" to Germany in a lecture he gave in Zagreb in 2013. The background to the story can be found here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11474348/Greeces-rock-star-finance-minister-denies-sticking-the-finger-to-Germany.html
Unsurprisingly, the story was grabbed by the German media, most notably Gunther Jauch, one of their most respected TV hosts, and caused great offence around the general public.
Varoufakis vehemently denied the accusation and described the video as doctored, but even the Telegraph poll suggested only 10% of viewers believed it thus.
Well it turns out it was a very elaborate hoax, which has been revealed by Suddeutsche.de. The article and YouTube can be found here:
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/varoufakis-bei-guenther-jauch-boehmermann-wir-haben-stinkefinger-gefaelscht-1.2400559
In the YouTube, there are English subtitles from minute 3. It is worth watching. It shows how an actr was used with green screen technology to mock up the gesture. It is also quite alarming how even "experts" can be completely fooled by doctored imagery.
I haven't seen much press yet apologizing to Mr Varoufakis.
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