Scott talks to Gareth Porter about the New York Times’ continued efforts to bolster the story that Russia both interfered in the 2016 presidential election and continues to do so in the lead up to the 2020 election. This time around, they allege, Russian actors are working on behalf of both President Trump, and also Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary race. Porter reviews some of the reasons why these claims are spurious, and he and Scott rehash a few of the Times’ other great blunders.

Discussed on the show:

“The New York Times’ Insidious Ongoing Disinformation Campaign on Russia & Elections” (Consortium News)“The Plot to Subvert an Election: Unraveling the Russia Story So Far” (The New York Times)“Same Goal, Different Playbook: Why Russia Would Support Trump and Sanders” (The New York Times)“Pompeo and Netanyahu paved a path to war with Iran, and they’re pushing Trump again” (The Grayzone)

Gareth Porter is an investigative historian and journalist on the national security state, and author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare. Follow him on Twitter @GarethPorter and listen to Gareth’s previous appearances on the Scott Horton Show.

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Scott Horton 0:10

All right y'all welcome in Scott Horton show. I am the director of the libertarian Institute editorial director of anti war.com, author of the book fool's errand, time to end the war in Afghanistan. And I've recorded more than 5000 interviews going back to 2003, all of which are available at Scott horton.org. You can also sign up to the podcast feed full archive is also [email protected]. Slash Scott Horton show.

All right, you guys on the line I've got Gareth, the great

Gareth Porter, of course, investigative historian and journalist author of the perils of dominance about Vietnam manufactured crisis, which is the authoritative source on Iran's nuclear program and then his little

latest book with john Kiriakou, of course, is the CIA Insiders Guide to the Iran crisis from CIA coup to the brink of war. And he writes regularly for us at anti war.com. And at truth This and truth at and here he is at consortium news.com. The New York Times insidious, ongoing dis information campaign on Russia and the elections. Welcome back to the show. Gareth. How are you sir?

Gareth Porter 1:30

I'm doing well. I hope you're doing well too. It's good.

Scott Horton 1:32

I'm hanging in there but appreciate that. Listen up. So here's the point on going I saw people on Twitter the other day, I quit Twitter But okay, I admit sometimes I troll Aaron ma tangling Greenwald's feeds because I love those guys. And I saw where someone was attacking Greenwald and saying I can't believe this guy's still talking about Russia, like the debunkers were the ones who you know, drag this thing on for three Yours is horrible hoax. And now the real point four years, they're not done yet. They're still blaming Russia for intervening in America's democracy. They're trying to disrupt our society. Gareth. I read it in an article by, oh, David Sanger in the New York Times. Well,