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Science writer, pug lover, owner of Cheddar the cat. Seen on @TheAtlantic, @undarkmag. Now @Gizmodo. email: ed.cara@gizmodo.com secure: edcara@protonmail.com

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    1. Ed Cara‏Verified account @EdCara4 3 Aug 2020

      I spent all of last night and today digging into the @sciencing_bi story, and was able to get the scientist at the center of this, BethAnn McLaughlin, on the record, as well as ASU and Twitter.https://gizmodo.com/science-twitter-got-catfished-by-a-fake-professor-who-d-1844591277 …

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    2. Ed Cara‏Verified account @EdCara4 3 Aug 2020

      As others have reported, ASU has not been able to find any person employed by them who fits the description of Sci_bi, as they were also sometimes called, nor has anyone reported any recent deaths. A representative told me that this was likely a hoax in their eyes.

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    3. Ed Cara‏Verified account @EdCara4 3 Aug 2020

      Twitter said in a statement that both sciencing_bi and McLNeuro, the account of BethAnn McLaughlin, were suspended for violating the company’s spam and platform manipulation policies. These policies do include catfishing, but Twitter would not confirm if that was the case here

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    4. Ed Cara‏Verified account @EdCara4 3 Aug 2020

      Late Sunday, BethAnn herself called me. At the time, she continued to claim that sciencing_bi had died of covid, as far as she knew. She also denied creating the account.

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      Ed Cara‏Verified account @EdCara4 3 Aug 2020

      However, she admitted that she had access to the sciencing_bi account. And that she had at times posted pictures that implied she was interacting with sciencing_bi physically, but which were not actually her (one of these pics was of her daughter during a vacation they took)

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        2. Ed Cara‏Verified account @EdCara4 3 Aug 2020

          When I asked if there could have been a third party involved in the account, or if sciencing_bi could have had tricked her, McLaughlin declined to comment either way.

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        3. Ed Cara‏Verified account @EdCara4 3 Aug 2020

          Oh, I also asked how she had learned of sciencing_bi's death. She said it was through a family contact, but would not provide any further detail.

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        4. Ed Cara‏Verified account @EdCara4 3 Aug 2020

          I want to leave you with the last section of my article, which I hope you'll read in full.pic.twitter.com/xX72MMZKbb

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        5. Ed Cara‏Verified account @EdCara4 3 Aug 2020

          It should be noted, given the situation here, that the person who called me *claimed* to be BethAnn. Since it wasn't a public number affliated with her, like a uni office, I can't say with 100% certainty it was her.

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        6. Ed Cara‏Verified account @EdCara4 3 Aug 2020

          However, the number was from Tennessee, where BA lives, and I received a message from her personal email soon after the call that provided information we had just discussed on the phone.

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        7. Ed Cara‏Verified account @EdCara4 3 Aug 2020

          Just saying for saying's sakes!

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        8. Ed Cara‏Verified account @EdCara4 3 Aug 2020

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          https://twitter.com/EdCara4/status/1290469163119644673 …

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          Ed CaraVerified account @EdCara4
          One more addendum to this, hopefully the last. I have since spoken with someone who previously knew BA and our contact info matches. So seems very unlikely that I was double catfished.
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        9. Ed Cara‏Verified account @EdCara4 4 Aug 2020

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          Have updated this story with the NY Times' reporting that McLaughlin has now admitted to the hoax via a statement from lawyer. Also included comment from @angie_rasmussen, a former member of MeTooSTEM who left over McLaughlin's past misconduct while there https://gizmodo.com/science-twitter-got-catfished-by-a-fake-professor-who-d-1844591277 … pic.twitter.com/X1hrvoxbGu
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        2. Sumit Mukherjee (pronounced Sue-meet Moo-ker-G)‏ @SMukherjee89 3 Aug 2020
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          Did you happen to ask her what her motive was for doing this? I am so confused.

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        3. Ed Cara‏Verified account @EdCara4 3 Aug 2020
          Replying to @SMukherjee89

          I asked several times if this was a hoax, either on her part or others, she said no or declined to comment. Don't know we'll get an satisfying answer at end of day

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