Re:New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’
by ehsankia on Saturday December 19, 2020 @03:33PM
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Did we listen to the same podcast? It still had a lot of information and value even if you entirely remove Chaudhry's story. And even for his story, it was very clearly presented as not fully certain. I wouldn't call it "nearly-fiction", it's closer to your average True Crime podcast where you are presented with the known information and it's up to you to decide if you believe it or not.
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Re:New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’
by ivraatiems on Saturday December 19, 2020 @04:52PM
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It absolutely did have a lot of other information in it. However, the mistake here was so substantial that it's hard for me to feel like I can trust the rest of its reporting. Remember, it was not presented as true crime - it was presented as investigative journalism. I don't hold average true crime podcasts, which are usually non-experts quoting secondary sources in an obviously non-expert context, to the same standard.