Local media in Minnesota, as well as national news outlets including legacy brands like CNN and ABC, fell for the orations of a Somali immigrant who claimed to be the trusted figurehead for the state’s Somali diaspora.

With the press world’s help, Omar Jamal was anointed as the authoritative voice on all political issues concerning Minnesota’s Somali community and the Somali population at large in America.

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