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Again, an important topic but not a great source
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grayzone
There are other groups doing pretty good coverage which might offer better and more reliable insight into what's going on. AJ usually has pretty good coverage, and BBC/Guardian have content from the ground as well
Wikipedia is not a great source for people outside of the mainstream, many have pointed out the bias written about them in Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is a good source for general knowledge, but I am skeptical when I read about people in indepenent media.
Especially journalists that have gained respect and accomplishments in their professional jouney.
Grayzone and similar was formed due to the anti-MSM jouralism that they post, MSM does not hire due to view points are outside the status quo, with evidence and thorough fact checks on their end.
That is an issue, but the point with Wikipedia is to get a summary and then use the citations and references to check up on what was written.
While it's possible they bring up good points in this video (I didn't watch it), it's very likely that some of these other "MSM" outlets are making those same points. Especially because there isn't one monolithic "MSM", and if you get out there you'll find a lot of outlets reporting on things that a few biased outlets may not be.
Max Blumenthal and Aaron Maté woked for MSM, he is no better/worse than what we see in news articles and on television/social media.
Aaron Maté is a journalist and producer. He hosts Pushback with Aaron Maté on The Grayzone. In 2019, Maté was awarded the Izzy Award (named after I.F. Stone) for outstanding achievement in independent media for his coverage of Russiagate in The Nation magazine. Previously, he was a host/producer for The Real News and Democracy Now!.
Max Blumenthal is an American author and blogger. He was a writer for The Nation, AlterNet, The Daily Beast, Al Akhbar, and Media Matters for America, and has contributed to Al Jazeera English, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. He has been a writing fellow of the Nation Institute.
The editor-in-chief of The Grayzone, Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books, including best-selling Republican Gomorrah, Goliath, The Fifty One Day War, and The Management of Savagery. He has produced print articles for an array of publications, many video reports, and several documentaries, including Killing Gaza. Blumenthal founded The Grayzone in 2015 to shine a journalistic light on America's state of perpetual war and its dangerous domestic repercussions.
Max Blumenthal, lol
I still think looking at what independent media says is good for keeping yourself out of the bubble.
They are both accomplished journalist with respect and have won awards based on what they do.