{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Frealclearinvestigations.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F118-4kfvvpnO","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Stopping Dogs From Becoming Lab Rats with Leighton Woodhouse | RealClearInvestigations Podcast #118","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/69be5d4f-b498-44bc-b3b5-f614ce9a7957/7ac5dfff-09d6-4293-be1f-6e7c70b7eeb1/rci_118_thumbnail_square_1080x1080.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney speak with Leighton Woodhouse about his RCI article on the surprising partnership between left-leaning activists and MAGA influencers to oppose a farm that breeds beagles for scientific experiments. \n \nThe New York Times is the focus on this week’s news roundup. Zane and Varney discuss a Times article reporting that the Trump administration has vastly exaggerated the war’s impact on Iran’s military; a controversial piece by Times columnist Nicholas Kristof claiming Israeli soldiers, security forces and their dogs raped Palestinian men and women, and a look at the multiple articles the Times has run on Trump administration’s $13 million no-bid contract to fix the Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. even as the paper has paid little attention to the massive government fraud scandals unfolding across the country.\n\n00:00 Introduction to the Podcast and Guest\n14:29 Animal Testing and Ridgeland Farms\n20:54 Activism and the Beagle Rescue Efforts\n30:35 Bipartisan Support for Animal Rights\n35:50 Journalistic Integrity in Activism Reporting\n"}