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