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Sep 25, 2020, 5 tweets

Important media story from @StewGlobal noting that a man has been arrested by RCMP for allegedly lying about his past with ISIS -- the same fellow, according to @StewGlobal, who served as the central subject in @rcallimachi podcast "Caliphate." globalnews.ca/news/7350363/r… 1/

@StewGlobal @rcallimachi "Caliphate" did address concerns about the man's credibility and outed a bogus timeline that he had offered. @rcallimachi has written a thread offering her perspective on this news:

@StewGlobal @rcallimachi Warning signs aside, @nytimes *did* premise a 10-part award-winning series on a fellow who's now being prosecuted for perpetrating a hoax. I have asked the newspaper to comment on these latest developments. 3/

@StewGlobal @rcallimachi @nytimes For context, see this story by @swaindiana from May 2018 explaining that the man had to be lying either to NYT or CBC: cbc.ca/news/canada/is…

@StewGlobal @rcallimachi @nytimes @swaindiana Just got a statement from @nytimes spokeswoman Danielle Rhoades Ha:

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