The Grayzone
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The Grayzone is an American fringe[7] news website and blog,[12] founded and edited by American journalist Max Blumenthal.[9] The website, initially founded as The Grayzone Project,[13] was affiliated with AlterNet before becoming independent in early 2018.[4]
Type of site | News website, Blog |
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Founder(s) | Max Blumenthal |
Editor | Wyatt Reed (managing)[1] |
Key people | Ben Norton (until January 2022) Aaron Maté Anya Parampil Alex Rubenstein Kit Klarenberg |
URL | thegrayzone |
Launched | December 2015 |
Coverage of The Grayzone has focused on its criticism of American foreign policy,[1][4] its misleading reporting,[14][15] and its sympathetic coverage of authoritarian regimes, including those of Syria, Russia, and China.[4][10][16][17] The Grayzone has downplayed or denied the Chinese government's human rights abuses against Uyghurs,[22] published conspiracy theories about Venezuela, Xinjiang, Syria, and other regions,[23][24] and published disinformation about Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which some have described as pro-Russian propaganda.[21] Grayzone staff Blumenthal and Aaron Maté acted as briefers on behalf of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations at UN meetings organized by Russia.[25][26][27][28][29]
Grayzone editor Wyatt Reed received payments of around $5,500 from Iranian state-controlled broadcaster Press TV for "occasional contributions to its programming in 2020 and 2021".[30] Reed, Grayzone contributor Mohamed Elmaazi and Grayzone freelancer Jeremy Loffredo have worked for Russian state media.[31]