Editing The Grayzone

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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 [[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
* [[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 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]].

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 ==
The Grayzone has experienced severe negative reactions from the corporate-controlled Western media, especially for its extensive reporting basically debunking the Russiagate narrative.<ref>[https://thegrayzone.com/tag/russiagate/ "Russiagate" tagged articles on The Grayzone]</ref>

== Censorship ==
[[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] journalist [[Paul Mason]] plotted with an intel contractor to deplatform and censor The Grayzone.<ref>{{News citation|author=[[Kit Klarenberg]] and [[Max Blumenthal]]|newspaper=[[The Grayzone]]|title=Paul Mason’s covert intelligence-linked plot to destroy The Grayzone exposed|date=2022-06-07|url=https://thegrayzone.com/2022/06/07/paul-masons-covert-intelligence-grayzone/}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|author=[[Jimmy Dore]]|newspaper=[[The Jimmy Dore Show]]|title=U.K. Gov’t Ordered Censoring Of YouTube Videos – Leaked Emails|date=2022-06-16|url=https://youtu.be/VKZ5ksMg2Q4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|author=[[George Galloway]]|newspaper=Mother Of All Talkshows|title=FULL INTERVIEW: The unhinged secret plot against the left by the former #BBC’s #PaulMason|date=2022-06-16|url=https://youtu.be/g5GJ98qDC9k}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|author=[[Richard Medhurst]] and [[Max Blumenthal]]|newspaper=[[Richard Medhurst]]|title=The Smear Campaign Against Independent Journalism {{!}} Max Blumenthal|date=2022-06-19|url=https://youtu.be/nkoIfWt4Z2k}}</ref>

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