Another fake news report, this time supposedly from the Tagesschau.
The most important thing about the coronavirus case in NRW in brief:
- A photo from a news report reports a coronavirus case in North Rhine-Westphalia
- The original article comes from the Tagesschau , where it writes about a case in Bavaria
- The photo is a fake, created by modifying the site's source code
Another fake news report was fabricated by a “troll,” apparently to create uncertainty in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). This photo of a news report spread on WhatsApp is about:

“First coronavirus case in NRW
An infection with the novel coronavirus has been confirmed for the first time in Germany. A man from Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia has become infected.”
The article date shows January 28, 2020 8:39 a.m.
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Looking for the article
It is not clear from the picture which site the article is supposed to come from (which is probably intentional), but based on the design we could tell that it is an article from the Tagesschau, which can be found here .
From NRW to Bavaria
Strange now: In the article linked above there is nothing about Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, but rather about the Starnberg district in Bavaria.

In addition to the different location, the fake item still has some errors and differences:
- Additional sentence: “Researchers believe Germany is defenseless against the virus” (note the spelling errors: missing comma and “protectionless” capitalized)
- “Spahn sees Germany as sufficiently prepared” (the original says “Spahn sees Germany well prepared”)
- the Ministry of Health in Münster (the ministry in North Rhine-Westphalia is based in Düsseldorf , not in Münster)
- “The patient in Münster is (…) clinically in a very bad condition” (the original says “in a good condition”)
Is the image perhaps an older version of the article?
No. The fact that both the original and the item in the photo both have the exact date and time speaks against this. If it had been changed, the original would have at least a different time, and especially when such serious changes to an article are made, reference is made to them, á la “A previous version of the article said…”.
How was the item faked?
Unfortunately, this is far too easy by going to the source code of a page, changing the text there and then taking a photo of the changed article or taking a screenshot. We did this ourselves for demonstration purposes:

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Conclusion
The article was falsified by changing the source code, probably to spread local uncertainty in Münster.
However, the fake has a factual error and spelling mistake, and the date can prove that it is not an earlier version of the article.
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