Alarms are sounding over the alliances of U.S. online news sites with Russia and Iran. Before he joined the online Grayzone, an editor received thousands of dollars from Iran. Grayzon’s founder appears on Russian television and accepted a free trip to Moscow to celebrate RT. (The Washington Post, June 2, 2024, by Joseph Menn)
Russia is also funding U.S. websites that purport to cover local news – the D.C. Weekly, the New York News Daily and the Chicago Chronicle – but aside from routine stories on crime, politics and culture, they peddle Russian propaganda. (The New York Times, March 7, 2024, by Steven Lee Meyers)