"It is being said, that she ate a badger."

Translation: Det fortælles, at hun spiste en grævling.

[Euhan1]

She must have been hard as nails as well. Badgers don't come quietly.

[marvincorea]

She must have been hungry.

[Olweg]

Is this tense used to express things like popular beliefs / general statements, when for instance we say " it's said that people are like that or like this", "lions are known to be lazy" etc ?

[StevenNels6]

Why is "Det er blevet sagt, at hun spiste en grævling." not acceptable?

[tfm35]

I think that would translate to 'it has been said' rather than 'it is being said', so the tense is slightly different from the sentence above.

[PierrePoutine]

The comma does not belong in the English sentence. English and Danish have different comma rules.