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For your information, it was founded in 2015 and is edited by Max Blumenthal, and a notable former editor and reporter is Ben Norton (he left The Grayzone in 2022 to form Geopolitical Economy Report). And on Wikipedia, I saw they list The Grayzone is pro-China, Pro-Russia and pro-Ba'athist Syria (and far-left fringe site too). So, what is your thought on The Grayzone?

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[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

5/10. its ok for news media but far from perfect.

Blumenthal is a reactionary egoist and sensationalist who has an obsession with "breaking" stories. He often takes personal credit for work that was published under the greyzone banner as if he was the writer. He regularly talks out his ass without evidence and it occasionally comes back to bite him but he never makes a retraction. and to top it off he likes to platform anti-mask/anti-lockdown "Covid is just a cold" people and fired Ben Norton for calling that stupid.

Their bias is anti-imperialist but in a "war is expensive waste of tax payer dollars" way not a "murder and exploitation are immoral" way. That said they do occasionally do good digging and bring things to light.

[–] ComradeCircuit@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

So... Blumenthal is just another JackSSon Hinkle (a so-called MAGA "Communist"), isn't it? Well, I mean "Is he a nazbol?"

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Not at all. For one thing, he doesn't claim to be a communist.