Rather than reach out for comment — you know, journalism — @olliecarroll of @TheIndependent chose to print some sleazy innuendo about me and @TheGrayzoneNews. independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…
He says we're "Kremlin-sympathising media.” @olliecarroll, what do you mean by this? I advocated Biden’s victory — does that make me "White House-sympathising media"? 
And if media is a schoolyard where we all have to pick sides, are you saying you're "Downing Street-symphasising media" -- aka a state propagandist? Journalists, I think, should sympathize with people and facts, not governments -- no matter which side of the schoolyard may agree.
.@olliecarroll says we appear ”to have been privy to lobbying around the Amnesty decision" on Navalny.
Had he asked me (aka done journalism), I would've said that an Amnesty supporter shared a response they got from Amnesty. I wrote Amnesty to confirm. That’s how I was “privy.”
Had he asked me (aka done journalism), I would've said that an Amnesty supporter shared a response they got from Amnesty. I wrote Amnesty to confirm. That’s how I was “privy.”
.@olliecarroll claims @MaxBlumenthal "is a regular contributor to RT & Sputnik." Putting aside that I don't discriminate on outlets based on nationality, Max has been *interviewed* by these outlets — he's not a "regular contributor." And that's only a prob if you're a Russophobe.
After falsely insinuating Kremlin ties, @olliecarroll calls The Grayzone an "opaquely funded leftist publication." We're funded by our audience. We don't take money from govt's, unlike Ollie's outlet, via Saudi state actors in "unconventional, complex and clandestine" deals. 🤔
BTW, I am honored to be the subject of @olliecarroll’s sleaze. He’s previously pronounced that Russians lack “self worth” because they didn’t protest in droves for Navalny, much to the detriment of the Western state narrative that shapes his self-worth.
https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1357033229266673667?s=21
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