Caliphate podcast is ISIS fanfic. The desire for the reporter’s preconceptions is so strong, it’s time to talk about the affective and erotic logics of #WarOnTerror culture and Islamophobia.
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I had no idea that you could basically find a former ISIS member, who committed multiple murders, through instagram. I think the FBI should hire these people, since they seem to be more effective.
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Correction she is not a desi woman. Just has a desi name
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There’s still no excuse for her pronunciation. She’s leading him to the answers she wants with her leading questions.
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The native informant says he’s excited to live under the flag of the caliphate in Syria, the reporter says, the promised land. Putting words in his mouth. Then she and her colleague go on to explain what this means. The informant is there to corroborate their pre-existing belief.
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When you decide to check the passport to find that your source has never been to Turkey let alone Syria after you’ve already published your work. I call that some crack journalism.
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Correction, it wasn't published yet, but so so many doubts about the source, but they still proceed because he fits the narrative they want so perfectly.
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So many moments in this podcast echo Edward Said's argument in Orientalism, that ideas about the Orient prove themselves because they require Orientalist readings to make them comprehensible to the west.
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Of course by episode 9 we’ve gotten to the white savior portion of the story which serves to legitimize her work at the expense of possibly retraumatizing young survivors.
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Of course Rukmini is unwilling to concede that ISIS is destroyed because her bread is buttered by
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The fact-checking episode seems to be one where the editorial team will fall on their sword to protect white womanhood....
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Oh look, more questions about this journalists standards.
https://twitter.com/JerylBier/status/1340314161860014083 …
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Rukmini Callamachi is not even a good Orientalist since she does not speak the languages of the people and regions in which she reports. But
#WarOnTerrorCulture that’s not necessary. This is also white mediocrity. The very least expected from someone labeled the best and a star.Näytä tämä ketju
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