Lisa F Was Not Abducted

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German youth | Girl, Not Abducted; An adolescent’s fib blows up into an international incident. Economist, Feb 4, 2016.
http://www.economist.com/news/eu ... t-girl-not-abducted

Quote:

"LISA F is a 13-year-old Russian-German girl who lives in Berlin. On January 11th she disappeared for about 30 hours. When she resurfaced, she claimed to have been abducted and raped by a group of migrants.  Russian media pounced on the story * * * Even the Kremlin got in on it.

"many people in Russia and Germany are eager to believe such a message. Among them are many 'Russian-Germans': ethnic Germans who lived for centuries in Russia but in recent decades have moved back to Germany, where they number about 2m. Many watch Russian television. Thousands of them took to German streets to protest for Lisa.

Note:
(a) The title is a wordplay on Girl, Interrupted
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl,_Interrupted
(a 1993 memoir that was adapted into a film of the same name)
(b) get in on (something): "to become involved in (something)"
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20in%20on%20(something)