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