Karel Van Wolferen, a Dutch journalist and retired professor at the University of Amsterdam, discusses how big Western media outlets control the world's information and distort the facts about Ukraine and Russia.
08/15/14 – Sheldon Richman – The Scott Horton Show
Sheldon Richman, vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses the "watershed event" that was WWI, ushering in an era of severely curtailed civil liberties and a nationalized economy, both of which persist 100 years later.
08/14/14 Full Show
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Today on the Show: Nebojsa Malic, Patrick Cockburn 12-3 eastern
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08/14/14 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Cockburn, an award-winning journalist at The Independent, discusses ISIS's advances in Syria and Iraq; the poor performance of the Kurdish Peshmerga; and why the Yazidi humanitarian crisis looks to be another propaganda stunt to restart US intervention in Iraq.
08/14/14 – Nebojsa Malic – The Scott Horton Show
Nebojsa Malic, a regular columnist at Antiwar.com, discusses the glaring double standard on US and Russian intervention in Ukraine; and why the MH-17 crash has disappeared from the mainstream media.
08/13/14 Full Show
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Today’s Show: Ted Snider and Sandy Tolan 12-3 eastern
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08/13/14 – Ted Snider – The Scott Horton Show
Ted Snider, a writer on US foreign policy and history, discusses the US's hands-off approach to ISIS as long as the fighting is against Iran-allied Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.
08/13/14 – Sandy Tolan – The Scott Horton Show
Sandy Tolan, a TomDispatch regular, discusses how Israel and the US blew many chances to avoid war in Gaza.
08/12/14 Full Show
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Today: Mitchell Prothero, Dan McAdams, Will Grigg 12-3 eastern
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08/12/14 – Will Grigg – The Scott Horton Show
Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, and the militarized police response to protesters.
08/12/14 – Daniel McAdams – The Scott Horton Show
Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses why the US isn't going to solve the Iraq mess by dropping more bombs; how the US helped create ISIS in the first place; and the politicians poised to profit from the spoils of war.
08/12/14 – Mitchell Prothero – The Scott Horton Show
McClatchy Foreign Staff journalist Mitchell Prothero discusses the imminent replacement of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki; US intervention to help the Kurds and Yazidi refugees; and why the Islamic State crisis wouldn't have happened if Saddam Hussein was still running Iraq.