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““Caliphate made its debut in spring of 2018. It explored ISIS and the lure and threat of terrorism, driven by host Rukmini Callimachi, a much-celebrated Times reporter. It focused greatly on a young-Canadian-Pakistani, Shehroze Chaudhry, who claimed to have been an executioner for ISIS in Syria. The Caliphate team made him the main character in the series, despite clear signs he was lying.
This fall, Canadian authorities filed federal charges saying Chaudhry had lied about being an ISIS executioner. The ensuing front-page treatment from Mazzetti and his colleagues found no evidence Chaudhry killed anyone, joined ISIS or even ever traveled to Syria.
In other words, the narrative propelling Caliphate collapsed.””
Duder 4444 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/22/21
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“As a student, I feel as though there is a very rigid approach to talking about terrorism.
The topic itself, unfortunately, is actually so full and in order to objectively approach it I have craved something to balance my studies.
This podcast does that for me. It shows a side to this topic that...”Read full review »
Yoshie18 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
04/19/18
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“Very interesting podcast!!! I can’t wait for the next podcast!! Kudos to the journalist very brave. Thanks”
Arianna rivero via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/19/18
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“Must listen! NYT is so good at podcasts”
Vicsyz via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
05/05/18
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