The rigorous West-bashing embraced by many Russian media outlets backfired this week when more than 100 outlets picked up a made-up satirical story about a sex orgy among elderly Belgians that had supposedly resulted in seven deaths.
The Moscow Times: Russian media pick up fake ‘Belgian grandma orgy’ story
An employee works at Dupuis publishing house's Audiovisual Department on Nov. 7, 2013 in Marcinelle district in Charleroi.
