The Grayzone
The homepage of The Grayzone on September 11, 2021 | |
Type of site | News website, Blog |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Max Blumenthal |
| Editor | Wyatt Reed (managing) |
| Key people | Ben Norton (until January 2022) Aaron Maté Anya Parampil Alex Rubenstein Kit Klarenberg |
| URL | thegrayzone |
| Launched | December 2015 |
The Grayzone is a far-left fringe American news website and blog. It was founded and is edited by American journalist Max Blumenthal. The website was initially founded as The Grayzone Project and was affiliated with AlterNet until early 2018.
Coverage of The Grayzone has focused on its misleading reporting, its criticism of American foreign policy, and its sympathetic coverage of the Russian, Chinese and former Syrian governments. The Grayzone has been accused of downplaying and defending the persecution of Uyghurs in China, of publishing conspiracy theories about Xinjiang, Syria and other regions, and of publishing pro-Russian propaganda and disinformation, especially during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.