Yedioth Ahronoth's mistake: Yesterday, news spread on social media that the 17-year-old son of businessman Levi Leviev was involved in an accident in Moscow when he was driving at excessive speed through the city streets in his Ferrari.
The message that was distributed, alongside an old photo of an accident involving a Ferrari, stated: "Update on the accident in Moscow: This is Lev Leviev's 17-year-old son Thomas who had an accident with his Ferrari in Moscow - driving without a license.".
But what turned out to be incorrect news yesterday, not to mention false, found itself on the pages of the state newspaper today.
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A report from the 'News Agencies' stated: "Reports in Russia: Leviev's son involved in an accident.".
The news report stated that "the minor son of businessman Lev Leviev was involved in a serious car accident in Moscow. According to the report, Thomas was driving his Ferrari at excessive speed on the streets of Moscow last Friday night, lost control of the steering wheel, swerved into the oncoming lane and collided with great force with two vehicles coming from the opposite direction.".
""...According to reports, another relative of Leviev was present at the scene, who even confronted the police and hit one of them.".
The news report also stated that "according to one report, Lev was driving near the boy's car.".
A spokeswoman for the Leviev Group said: "We express astonishment and astonishment that leading media outlets in Israel and around the world published false and unfounded news, which has no basis, regarding the involvement of the "son" of businessman Mr. Lev Leviev in a serious car accident in Russia and his escape from the scene of the incident.
""The publication of the unfounded and delusional news was done with a recklessness that constitutes professional negligence. And what's worse, before it was published, not even the minimum check required to verify identity was carried out, this is the most trivial check expected of someone whose profession is journalism.".
""This professional negligence will have extremely severe legal consequences for which they will have to be held accountable.".
