The claim
Habeck was rather confused at “Maischberger” about a possible impending wave of bankruptcies at the end of winter. In this context, a screenshot of an alleged fact check from “Correctiv” is shared, in which it is claimed that the conversation was fake.
Our conclusion
Habeck's statements sound rather confusing, but they are genuine, and his statements are not wrong in terms of insolvency law, although they are worded very poorly. However, the sharepic with the alleged fact check from “Correctiv” about the Habeck conversation with Maischberger is completely fake.
On the “Maischberger” show, Robert Habeck was asked whether he expected a wave of bankruptcies at the end of this winter. The Federal Minister of Economics denied this: He could imagine that certain industries would stop producing, but not become insolvent. Certain shops, such as bakeries or flower shops, would stop selling but would not become insolvent - a confusing statement indeed.
Real statements
Habeck's statements are real, the corresponding excerpt can also be found in Mediatek (see HERE ).
His statements didn't get any better after that. In response to Maischberger's objection that bankruptcy would be a logical consequence if stores no longer sold anything, he replied: “ It may be that certain businesses are no longer profitable and will then be discontinued. Maybe they will be resumed later, that can be the case .”
As confusing as the statements sound, Habeck is not entirely wrong: sole proprietorships actually do not have to file for bankruptcy if they can no longer pay, as they are personally liable as a GbR or OHG, for example - which, however, at least entails the risk of personal insolvency. However, there is no automatic regular bankruptcy, as ntv journalist Hendrik Wieduwilt points out .
In terms of insolvency law, Habeck's statements are not wrong, but they are worded very poorly.
The “The fact checkers talk everything up” narrative in a mocking sharepic form
The task of fact checkers is certainly not to “whitewash” (political) statements or actions, but rather to fact-check a claim, regardless of which (political) side, if, for example, a certain “exciting statement” is circulating as a sharepic. If this turns out to be fake or distorted, we will report on it - this is not "sugar-dressing", but clarification.
Nevertheless, the whitewashing narrative tends to get stuck in the minds of people who keep spreading such fakes and are regularly corrected by us or our colleagues. This was probably also the reason why a fake screenshot was created, which supposedly shows how the colleagues from “Correctiv” reported on Habeck’s appearance:

“Correctiv” allegedly reported that it wasn’t Habeck in the video, but the Russian actor Igor Vasiyev, that the recording was made “ in a conspiratorial film studio in St. Petersburg ” and that the “Maischberger” program doesn’t even exist.
The layout of the article previews was copied from “Correctiv”, here are two real previews:

However, in the shared sharepic, there is no shading around the text block, and there is no author abbreviation in the real previews (in the sharepic: “Fakenews/jh”), which is more likely to be seen as a “hint” that it is not a real screenshot acts.
Summary
Habeck's statements sound rather confusing, but they are genuine, and his statements are not wrong in terms of insolvency law, although they are worded very poorly. However, the sharepic with the alleged fact check from “Correctiv” about the Habeck conversation with Maischberger is completely fake.
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