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roberto.rocha@cbc.ca
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We considered focusing on his journey out of hate, like CTV did this morning with another Iron March member: https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/world/deadly-serious-ex-neo-nazi-and-iron-march-user-speaks-out-on-de-radicalization-1.4713822 … But then something happened. 7/10
We had also written to all the emails we had on him, asking for his comment. We received an answer from one of them: "Antifa is now in possession of this account. Thanks for letting us know where he is stationed!" 8/10
The next day, the activist website Unicorn Riot published a story outing him as a neo-Nazi arms dealer in the Navy. They did not specify how they found him, and made no effort to contact him before publishing. 9/10
We had to move quickly. We offered him a sit-down interview to tell his side in full. He declined. So we had to go with what we had. 10/10
you sent out cold-calling emails detailing the personal info you had collected to email addresses whose ownership / access to you could not confirm?
That is what it sounds like. (!)
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