The NYT wrote the following about the series: Told over the course of one year in 11 cinematic episodes, ‘Caliphate’ marries the new journalism of podcasting -

The NYT wrote the following about the series: Told over the course of one year in 11 cinematic episodes, ‘Caliphate’ marries the new journalism of podcasting -- stories told with sound design, musical scoring and high production values -- with traditional boots-on-the-ground journalism. This worries me. Hard reporting may find very boring stories. The need to make them "cinematic" really tempts the reporter and producers to make the story more sensational than they are. In this case, they appear to have made grave errors. Edit: I would also like to highlight the following twitter thread: https://twitter.com/SanaSaeed/status/1339998013922701312 https://twitter.com/SanaSaeed/status/1339998013922701312