The coronavirus brings strange blooms with it. Like the promotion of Arminia Bielefeld to the 1st Bundesliga. Actually great for Arminia fans, if it weren't a fake!

The summary of the early end of the second league and the promotion of Arminia and VfB:

The report about the premature cancellation of the second Bundesliga due to the coronavirus is a satire. This satire comes from the “Kölner-Abendblatt”, which is part of Paul Newsman's offering.

“2. “Bundesliga ends season: Bielefeld and Stuttgart are promoted”. The author of this article was amazed. Although he has lived in Vienna for several years, he comes from East Westphalia.

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And anyone who “comes” from East Westphalia inevitably knows the suffering of Arminia. Up and down. Sometimes completely lost, then there again. You hate the Arminia, you love it. But in any case it always creates a melodramatic mood in an East Westphalian.

And suddenly this message comes: Due to the corona epidemic, the current second division season has been ended early with immediate effect. The leaders in the table are automatically promoted. At the current status (26th matchday) that is Arminia and VfB.

Where does the information come from?

But before we fall into East Westphalian celebrations ( which look something like this ), we remind you of Mimikama Rule 3 for recognizing false reports: Who is actually writing here?

The information about the early promotion was published in the Kölner-Abendblatt ( here ). At first glance it looks serious, tastes serious, appears serious. But is …. Satire!

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Because the Kölner-Abendblatt is part of Paul Newsman's offering . The following applies here: “Write your own satire or joke articles for free”. This is an online offering where you can and should invent stories. These stories are then given a serious-looking design and a credible web address and are sent on their viral journey.

Very important at this point: In order to prevent misuse, an explanation is displayed under each article within the portal that it is a made-up article.

And the Arminia?

Well, East Westphalia can hope, because at least Arminia is top of the second league table on matchday 26.


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