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The Grayzone is an independent news website dedicated to original investigative journalism and analysis on politics and empire. It was founded and is edited by Max Blumenthal, and a notable former editor and reporter is Ben Norton; Norton left in early 2022 to form Multipolarista. From January 2016 to January 2018, AlterNet.org hosted the Grayzone Project (now simply The Grayzone). Since then, it has been independent.^[1]

Members

Max Blumenthal – Founder, editor-in-chief, reporter
Aaron Maté – Host of "Pushback", reporter
Anya Parampil – Host of "Red Lines", reporter

In addition to the above, other regular contributors include: Gareth Porter, Dan Cohen, Alexander Rubinstein, Rania Khalek, Ajit Singh, Wyatt Reed and others.

Reporting

The Grayzone as an outlet has a heavy focus on imperialism and related proxy wars waged by the Western powers against the Global South. In this capacity, they have published extensive reporting on subjects including the Syrian Civil War, attempts at regime change in countries such as Venezuela and Cuba, and debunked allegations of genocide in China.

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, The Grayzone reported that bipartisan US elites are using the same playbook as Russiagate to smear China, while deflecting the blame for domestic dysfunction.^[2] Subsequently, articles skeptical of Covid-19 vaccines began appearing on the site, with Ben Norton eventually quietly leaving the Grayzone in 2022. It is not confirmed exactly why Norton left, but consensus in Marxist-Leninist circles is that the Grayzone has taken a rightward turn.

Reactions

The Grayzone has experienced severe negative reactions from the corporate-controlled Western media, especially for its extensive reporting basically debunking the Russiagate narrative.^[3]

Censorship

British journalist Paul Mason plotted with an intel contractor to deplatform and censor The Grayzone.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

External links

References

[1] The Grayzone's "About" Page

[2] US elites use Russiagate playbook to blame China and promote hostility

[3] "Russiagate" tagged articles on The Grayzone

[4] Kit Klarenberg and Max Blumenthal (2022-06-07). "Paul Mason’s covert intelligence-linked plot to destroy The Grayzone exposed" The Grayzone.

[5] Jimmy Dore (2022-06-16). "U.K. Gov’t Ordered Censoring Of YouTube Videos – Leaked Emails" The Jimmy Dore Show.

[6] George Galloway (2022-06-16). "FULL INTERVIEW: The unhinged secret plot against the left by the former #BBC’s #PaulMason" Mother Of All Talkshows.

[7] Richard Medhurst and Max Blumenthal (2022-06-19). "The Smear Campaign Against Independent Journalism | Max Blumenthal" Richard Medhurst.

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-'''The Grayzone''' is an independent news website dedicated to original investigative journalism and analysis on [[politics]] and [[Imperialism|empire]]. It was founded and is edited by award-winning journalist and author Max Blumenthal. From January 2016 to January 2018, AlterNet.org hosted the Grayzone Project (now simply The Grayzone). Since then, it has been independent.<ref>[https://thegrayzone.com/about/ The Grayzone's "About" Page]</ref>
+'''The Grayzone''' is an independent news website dedicated to original investigative journalism and analysis on [[politics]] and [[Imperialism|empire]]. It was founded and is edited by [[Max Blumenthal]], and a notable former editor and reporter is [[Ben Norton]]; Norton left in early 2022 to form [[Multipolarista]]. From January 2016 to January 2018, AlterNet.org hosted the Grayzone Project (now simply The Grayzone). Since then, it has been independent.<ref>[https://thegrayzone.com/about/ The Grayzone's "About" Page]</ref>
 == Members ==
-* [[Max Blumenthal]] – Founder, editor-in-chief, reporter
+* Max Blumenthal – Founder, editor-in-chief, reporter
-* [[Ben Norton]] – Assistant editor, reporter, video producer (formerly, left The Grayzone to form [[Multipolarista]])
 * [[Aaron Maté]] – Host of "Pushback", reporter
 * [[Anya Parampil]] – Host of "Red Lines", reporter
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 == Reporting ==
-Following the COVID-19 pandemic, The Grayzone reported that bipartisan US [[Ruling class|elites]] are using the same playbook as [[Russiagate]] to smear [[China]], while deflecting the blame for domestic dysfunction.<ref>[https://thegrayzone.com/2020/04/25/us-elites-use-russiagate-playbook-to-blame-china-and-promote-hostility/ US elites use Russiagate playbook to blame China and promote hostility]</ref>
+The Grayzone as an outlet has a heavy focus on [[imperialism]] and related proxy wars waged by the [[Western world|Western]] powers against the [[Global South]]. In this capacity, they have published extensive reporting on subjects including the [[Syrian Civil War]], attempts at [[regime change]] in countries such as [[Venezuela]] and [[Cuba]], and debunked allegations of genocide in [[China]].
-The Grayzone has covered how the US CIA and its soft power front groups are fomenting unrest in Cuba, which is culminating in the 2021 Cuban protests.<ref>[https://thegrayzone.com/2021/07/25/cubas-cultural-counter-revolution-us-govt-rappers-artists-catalyst/ Cuba’s cultural counter-revolution: US gov’t-backed rappers, artists gain fame as ‘catalyst for current unrest’] by Max Blumenthal on July 25, 2021</ref>
+Following the COVID-19 pandemic, The Grayzone reported that bipartisan US [[Ruling class|elites]] are using the same playbook as [[Russiagate]] to smear [[China]], while deflecting the blame for domestic dysfunction.<ref>[https://thegrayzone.com/2020/04/25/us-elites-use-russiagate-playbook-to-blame-china-and-promote-hostility/ US elites use Russiagate playbook to blame China and promote hostility]</ref> Subsequently, articles [[Covid denialism|skeptical of Covid-19 vaccines]] began appearing on the site, with Ben Norton eventually quietly leaving the Grayzone in 2022. It is not confirmed exactly why Norton left, but consensus in [[Marxist-Leninist]] circles is that the Grayzone has taken a [[Rightist|rightward turn]].
 == Reactions ==