{"id":4038,"date":"2017-12-21T18:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=4038"},"modified":"2020-11-06T17:48:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T16:48:51","slug":"jeremy-scahill-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/tip\/jeremy-scahill-yemen\/","title":{"rendered":"EDITORIAL PICK: Jeremy Scahill on the U.S.-Backed Atrocities in Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\">\n<p><strong>EDITORIAL PICK:\u00a0 Jeremy Scahill on the U.S.-Backed Atrocities in Yemen<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In this video bestselling author, investigative reporter and co-founder of The Intercept, Jeremy Scahill, talks about how the mainstream media&#8217;s obsession with Russiagate is diverting the public away from one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes unfolding today in Yemen.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO: Jeremy Scahill on the U.S.-Backed Atrocities in Yemen<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jeremy Scahill on the U.S.-Backed Atrocities in Yemen \u2014 Intercepted Podcast\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9CsOQuFGSWc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To see acTVism&#8217;s interview with Jeremy Scahill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/?s=jeremy+scahill&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here. <\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>ABOUT JEREMY SCAHILL<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2387\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AP685775123570-jeremy-scahill-dirty-wars-230-e14762077652201.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2387 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AP685775123570-jeremy-scahill-dirty-wars-230-e14762077652201-150x150.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AP685775123570-jeremy-scahill-dirty-wars-230-e14762077652201-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AP685775123570-jeremy-scahill-dirty-wars-230-e14762077652201.jpg 230w\" alt=\"Jeremy Scahill\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Jeremy Scahill<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Jeremy Scahill<\/strong> is one of the three founding editors of <em>The Intercept<\/em>. He is an investigative reporter, war correspondent, and author of the international bestselling books <em>Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield<\/em> and <em>Blackwater: The Rise of the World\u2019s Most Powerful Mercenary Army<\/em>. He has reported from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Nigeria, the former Yugoslavia, and elsewhere across the globe. Scahill has served as the national security correspondent for The Nation and Democracy Now!.<\/p>\n<p>Scahill\u2019s work has sparked several congressional investigations and won some of journalism\u2019s highest honors. He was twice awarded the prestigious George Polk Award, in 1998 for foreign reporting and in 2008 for Blackwater. Scahill is a producer and writer of the award-winning film Dirty Wars, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video bestselling author, investigative reporter and co-founder of The Intercept, Jeremy Scahill, talks about how the mainstream media&#8217;s obsession with Russiagate is diverting the public from one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes unfolding today in Yemen. 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