mo4ch:>‘Russia has invaded Estonia, NATO is on the way’: German TV plumbs depths with fake war broadcast | Mo4ch News
A respected German analytical TV program opened its latest edition by informing viewers that Russian forces intruded into the Baltics. Was this "fantasy" just juvenile attention-seeking, or crude pro-NATO propaganda?“Together with European and German allies, the US army is currently moving through land, air and sea to Estonia to expel Russian forces, which have once again invaded, as in Crimea before,” announced a worried Claus Kleber, host of heute journal, on the national public broadcaster ZDF Thursday night.As millions of viewers tensed up, the veteran host announced that it was a “gotcha!”“Do not worry. It is not true. This is just a fantasy scenario – but a realistic one,” said Kleber.One of the biggest names in German journalism, Kleber explained that the fake-out was designed to make it clear that a war may be imminent, that it is likely to be a surprise, and that Germany will have to defend even its smallest allies, including Estonia.“The problem today is that NATO …