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?

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Number	Date	Name	Location	Please add comment.
12684	1 month ago	Mike Kelly	Elmira Heights, NY , US
12683	1 month ago	Esther Nevarez	Castro Valley, CA , US
12682	4 months ago	Carrie Bordenaro	CO , US
12681	4 months ago	Carrie Bordenaro	CO , US
12680	4 months ago	Charles Davis	Trenton, NJ , US
12679	5 months ago	Vladislav Silayev	Las Vegas , NV , US	The Washington Post should really disclose its ties to the CIA and try objective journalism and news reporting for a change.
12678	5 months ago	Sonja Baris	Clinton, MA , US	Doesn't Baron have $200 million contract with the CIA?
12677	5 months ago	Sviatoslav Kendall	New York, NY , US	The Washington Post should really disclose its ties to the CIA and other entities it reports on.
12676	5 months ago	Herman S. Simms, Jr.	Detroit, MI , US
12675	5 months ago	Anonymous	Trenton, NJ , US
12674	6 months ago	Bill Paci	Philadelphia, PA , US
12673	6 months ago	karlene embler	Hancock, NH , US
12672	6 months ago	david garner	san francisco, CA , US
12671	6 months ago	Nancy Sprague	Rockford, OH , US
12670	6 months ago	Constance Mardo	NJ , US
12669	6 months ago	Anonymous	Paterson, NJ , US
12668	7 months ago	C Mcgee	Los Angeles, CA , US
12667	7 months ago	wes howard	Hutchins, TX , US
12666	7 months ago	Anonymous	cortlandt manor, NY , US
12665	8 months ago	Zack Wise	Toronto, ON , CA
12664	8 months ago	Natalie Clark	Iowa City, IA , US
12663	8 months ago	monica romero	san francisco, CA , US
12662	8 months ago	Anonymous
12661	8 months ago	Christine Vella	Rochester, NY , US	Maybe you need "footnotes" telling where you got your facts from.
12660	8 months ago	Thomas Webster		your rating are getting worse. Maybe less negative on Trump, way fewer "fake news" stories and things will improve.

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