Norwegian Newspaper Publishes Fake Interview with Høyre Youth Leader

The interviewee has since turned out to be an imposter.

"Østlendingen made an interview on Monday evening that we believed was with the youth leader Ola Svenneby about his ambitions to take over after Erna Solberg", writes editor-in-chief Tom Haakenstad in the local newspaper Østlendingen on Tuesday.

"We were deceived, it is our responsibility and we apologize deeply."

He emphasizes that it is the newspaper's responsibility to check sources and phone numbers. In this case, the editorial office is said to have received an incorrect number from what one believed was a source within the party.