{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/35669120-6056-4c38-8f33-80df7112e8df/699491301774b22d5acd4e79?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The State of It: Gabriel Pogrund speaks out on the Labour Together scandal","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1771344169617-6adb5c6b-b18b-4c0e-94e9-7afca0cede3e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The Labour Together scandal is the latest storm threatening to capsize the government - and Gabriel has been right at the heart. For the first time, he describes what happened when a Labour think tank set private investigators on a journalist. Their secret report falsely accused Gabriel of acting as a Russian agitator and \"grotesquely subverted\" his faith in an attack on his and his colleagues' reporting in The Sunday Times.</p><p><br></p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: </em><a href=\"http://thetimes.com/thestory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>http://thetimes.com/thestory</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Hosts:</strong>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator, The Times</li><li>Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall editor, The Sunday Times</li></ul><p><strong>Producer:</strong> Euan Dawtrey.</p><p><strong>Executive Producer:</strong> Dan Box.</p><p><strong>We want to hear from you - email:</strong> <a href=\"mailto:thestory@thetimes.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">thestory@thetimes.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Further listening: </strong><a href=\"https://pod.fo/e/390c53\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘This is dark s***’: inside the political smear campaign to discredit journalists</a></p><p><strong>Photo: </strong>Getty Images.</p>","author_name":"The Times"}