NOVANEWS
Please sign this petition:
To: Martin Baron, Executive Editor, The Washington Post
Smearing is not reporting. The Washington Post’s recent descent into McCarthyism — promoting anonymous and shoddy claims that a vast range of some 200 websites are all accomplices or tools of the Russian government — violates basic journalistic standards and does real harm to democratic discourse in our country. We urge The Washington Post to prominently retract the article and apologize for publishing it.
Background:
The Washington Post: Russian Propaganda Effort Helped Spread “Fake News” During Election, Experts Say
The New Yorker: The Propaganda About Russian Propaganda
The Intercept: Washington Post Disgracefully Promotes a McCarthyite Blacklist From a New, Hidden, and Very Shady Group
Common Dreams: Journalists Denounce WaPo Fake News as Red Scare Redux
Rolling Stone: The Washington Post “Blacklist” Story Is Shameful and Disgusting
Consortium News: The Orwellian War on Skepticism
The Nation: The Washington Post Promotes a McCarthyite Blacklist
FAIR.org: Why Are Media Outlets Still Citing Discredited “Fake News” Blacklist?
