Khury Petersen-Smith on Yemen Distortions

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This week on CounterSpin: CBS News on April 14 said:We’re following new violence in the Middle East. Meanwhile, Houthi militants in Yemen said they fired two ballistic missiles at Israel. The Israeli military initially said two missiles were launched and one was intercepted, but later said only one missile had been fired. We get some grounding from Khury Petersen-Smith; he’s the Michael Ratner Middle East fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. Transcript: ‘Yemen Has Been a Place the US Has Seen Fit to Bomb With Little Public Discussion’Plus Janine Jackson takes a look back at some recent press coverage of fossil fuel companies and climate change.