A Canadian man who was the subject of a New York Times podcast called “Caliphate” was arrested last week for allegedly faking his past involvement with ISIS, putting the validity of the award-winning audio documentary in question. "Big news out of Canada: Abu Huzayfah has been arrested on a terrorist 'hoax' charge. The narrative tension of our podcast ‘Caliphate’ is the question of whether his account is true. The New York Times did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “Part of what the series explored was whether Abu Huzayfah’s account was true,” a Times spokesperson told Wemple.

Source: Fox News September 29, 2020 13:52 UTC