It has been revealed that a story concerning ' Adolf Hitler dolls' going on sale in Ukraine and aimed at children was a hoax. Many news outlets picked up the false story, including Wikinews. Also fooled were BBC News, The Telegraph and other major publications. The story quickly spread as various media outlets quickly picked up and passed on the falsified report. Now news services have been forced to retract the story. The hoax first appeared two weeks ago and was spread rapidly, when a journalist found a model of Asian origin aimed at adult collecters in a specialist shop in Kiev , and misrepresented the find by failing to give basic details of the facts of the case when he publicised his find. The story propagated and expanded from there. A 'saleswoman' who was allegedly marketing the false dolls said that "it [the doll] is like Barbie. Kids can undress fuhrer, pin on medals and there's a spare head in the kit to give him a kinder expression on his face. He has glasses that are round, in the manner of pacifist John Lennon ."
It has been revealed that a story concerning ' dolls' going on sale in Ukraine and aimed at children was a hoax. Many news outlets picked up the false story, including Wikinews. Also fooled were , and other major publications. The story quickly spread as various media outlets quickly picked up and passed on the falsified report. Now news services have been forced to retract the story. The hoax first appeared two weeks ago and was spread rapidly, when a journalist found a model of Asian origin aimed at adult collecters in a specialist shop in , and misrepresented the find by failing to give basic details of the facts of the case when he publicised his find. The story propagated and expanded from there. A 'saleswoman' who was allegedly marketing the false dolls said that "it [the doll] is like Barbie. Kids can undress fuhrer, pin on medals and there's a spare head in the kit to give him a kinder expression on his face. He has glasses that are round, in the manner of pacifist ."
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