Note especially For the U.S., even slow-moving talks with Russia are better than an invasion.

So much for the U.S. evil empire narrative pushed by Grayzone-type outlets.

BTW, speaking of Grayzone in particular, I just checked out the wikipedia entry on it and it says this, unchallenged by editors, in the first paragraph: The website's news content is generally considered to be fringe[2][14][15][16] and it is known for its sympathetic coverage of authoritarian regimes[2][10][17] and its denial of the Uyghur genocide.[21]

More on that further down in the entry; my emphasis

Reception[edit]

The Grayzone has been criticized "for its coverage of authoritarian regimes".[2][9][22] Bruce Bawer, writing in Commentary, described The Grayzone as "a one-stop propaganda shop, devoted largely to pushing a pro-Assad line on Syria, a pro-regime line on Venezuela, a pro-Putin line on Russia, and a pro-Hamas line on Israel and Palestine".[22] Nerma Jelacic, writing in the Index on Censorship, described The Grayzone as "a Kremlin-connected online outlet that pushes pro-Russian conspiracy theories and genocide denial."[27] The Grayzone had previously claimed Jelacic's employer collaborated with ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra affiliates.[27] Socialist academic Gilbert Achcar asserts that The Grayzone is an example of "pro-Putin, pro-Assad 'left-wing' propaganda combined with gutter journalism."[28]

It has also been sharply criticized for its characterizations of the Xinjiang internment camps and other Chinese state abuses against Uyghurs.[2][9][29] James Bloodworth, writing in the New Statesman, commented: "[i]n an echo of the way dictatorships publish the flattery of credulous foreign dupes in their state newspapers, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokespeople have approvingly tweeted articles from Blumenthal's online magazine The Grayzone which have sought to deny the persecution of China's Uighur population."[29]

In March 2020, the English Wikipedia formally deprecated the use of The Grayzone as a source for facts in its articles, citing issues with the website's factual reliability.[2][11]