Tell the Washington Post: “Smearing is not reporting.”

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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
>>  AlterNet: Washington Post Promotes Shadowy Website That Accuses 200 Publications of Being Russian Propaganda Plants
>>  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?



1-25 of 12040 signatures
Number Date Name Location Please add comment.
12040 3 minutes ago Maureen Fry OH , US
12039 5 minutes ago Carol Michler Detmer Murfreesboro, TN , US
12038 11 minutes ago Anonymous NV , US
12037 14 minutes ago Anonymous Fairfax, CA , US
12036 19 minutes ago John Walchak Melbourne, FL , US
12035 21 minutes ago Mandie Johnson Clinton, UT , US Freedom of speech was put into place for the public to have access to the truth not made up bullshit to sell papers. Be a part of the solution not the problem.
12034 44 minutes ago GABRIELE Schubert Pacific Beach, CA , US Washington Post had no proof of describing websites as Soviet-sponsored: critiques of this "McCarthy" blacklisting smear have appeared in The New Yorker, Consortium News, The Intercept, Rolling Ston...
12033 53 minutes ago Alicia Guevara Buenos Aires, ot , AR
12032 55 minutes ago Sheila Suarez Newbury Park, CA , US
12031 55 minutes ago Brad Strand Idaho Falls, ID , The Establishment elite - using their lappoodles in the MSM (Washington Post, et al) - are obviously desperate to control the false narratives on an increasingly wary public. While a few of ...
12030 1 hour ago Clayton Cunha Filho Fortaleza, ot , BR
12029 1 hour ago roy cretton 1337 vallorbe, ot , CH what is it with the wash. post. news heard of late all negative!
12028 1 hour ago Anonymous Palm Bay, FL , US
12027 1 hour ago Anonymous
12026 1 hour ago Jillian Perkins Portland, OR , US Freedom of speech and freedom of the press means accepting alternative viewpoints. While it may result in the advancement of propaganda and false information (most of which in reality comes from...
12025 1 hour ago Robert Stamps Lexington, NE , US
12024 1 hour ago Pamela Jolley Irmo, SC , US
12023 2 hours ago Nicole Henn Kressbronn, ot , DE
12022 2 hours ago David Wolf Deitch FR The reputation of the Washingon Post, the New York Times, and others of their ilk, cannot be recovered by blaming others for the bias that blackens their news columns.
12021 2 hours ago Anonymous Camden, TN , US
12020 3 hours ago Mary Jane Adams Paso Robles, CA , US
12019 3 hours ago Rick Bazeley Whangarei, ot , NZ
12018 3 hours ago Gaelle Desbordes Cambridge, MA , US
12017 3 hours ago Damon Maguire McKinleyville, CA , US You're supposed to provide real news. Leave the fake news to Facebook.
12016 3 hours ago Alfredo F Daniele Montoursville, PA , US
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