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thegrayzone.com

  • The Grayzone raises over $90,000 for 3 independent journalists.

  • Gofundme freezes the funds.

  • British Counter-Terror Police detains journalist Kit Klarenberg and interrogates him for 5 hours about his political views and reporting.

The West sure loves its press freedom™ huh?

Edit: Thanks for the valuable discussion, I didn't plan to donate anything cuz I also have my reservations towards the Grayzone. But you guys really showed me that I should probably do it anyway 😅

Here is the link if you want to donate too.

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  • RoadArchie@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    They're pushing some crazy conspiracy theories.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grayzone

    I hope they crash and burn... Far left! Pah, these people are nothing but far from sane.

    EDIT: Lol at all the russian disinformants in the replies. Wikipedia literally references tens of articles that were conspiracy theories. "without evidence" only works if you're blind. Also weird that the website only lists anti-ukrainian articles....

    • ikilledtheradiostar [comrade/them, love/loves]
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      10 months ago

      That wiki page is hilarious. The cite for the claim greyzone is misinformation is a paper that offhandedly and without evidence says that grey zone is misleading people.

      Actually most of the cites are "people are saying' levels of evidence. Wikipedia is a joke.

      If you wanted to claim that greyzone was " sympathetic to authoritarian régimes" or "denied genocide" then you could just link directly to the greyzone to show what they're doing, but instead they wiki authors have decided to cite articles the obliquely mention these claims. Its the equivalent of writing a ransom note with magazine clippings but with citations.

      I suspect they avoid linking directly because GZ articles are usually well sourced and have nuances that don't support the wiki author's bs.

      • robinn2
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        10 months ago

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      • RoadArchie@lemmy.ml
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        10 months ago

        Its weird that youd lie considering their front page is full of charged wording and conspiracy level articles. Not to mention wikipedia CITES everything. "No evidence" only works if you're blind. I suppose you're one of the authors lol.

      • rah@feddit.uk
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        10 months ago

        Russia is strongly associated with communism in many people's minds. Including many Russians'.

          • uralsolo
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            8 months ago

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          • Catradora_Stalinism [she/her, comrade/them]
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            10 months ago

            okay ya'll being stupid that is not even close to the reason. Do either of you have the ability to read or did ya lose it after school?

            How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man

            But seriously we stat the politics of these things in like every thread why are you still playing dumb

    • robinn2
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      10 months ago

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  • knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml
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    10 months ago

    Following in the footsteps of PayPal freezing the account of Mint Press, Wikileaks being smeared, etc. Anti-imperialist voices will be silenced by the empire, by force if necessary.

    This is also only the tip of the mud iceberg The Grayzone has been dragged through, and only because they report on uncomfortable facts.

    The west never had freedom for anything except capital.

  • Lmaydev@programming.dev
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    10 months ago

    Gofundme is a private company they are free to do what they feel is right within the confines of the law.

    As far as I can tell he has been released and not improsined so why it may be an overstep he's hardly been silenced. And the news organisation seems to still be running freely as well.

    I can't find any actual information about the event online so it's hard to form an opinion either way.

    • Catradora_Stalinism [she/her, comrade/them]
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      10 months ago

      "within the confines of the law" of course it is, the law is built to allow them to do as much as they please while limiting us as much as possible from retaliation. It means nothing, and anyone who hails its word as truth is a spineless coward.

      Hardly been silenced is when you're detained by police and questioned and threatened for your political views. This is a small company, just because they didn't collapse and die doesn't mean losing a source of income didn't hurt it.