Criticism is gathered in a blacklist article in which the Washington Post lists over 200 as "a lie-spreading news site"

ByMax Borge

It is the fifth largest newspaper in the USAWashington PostReported the blacklist of more than 200 websites as "a Russian propaganda site spreading fake news", but the "expert group" "PropOrNot" who created the blacklist lack credibility As a website, several news sites criticize that "the black list article of Washington Post is shameful".

Washington Post Disgracefully Promotes a McCarthyite Blacklist From a New, Hidden, and Very Shady Group
https://theintercept.com/2016/11/26/washington-post-disgracefully-promotes-a-mccarthyite-blacklist-from-a-new-hidden-and-very-shady-group/


'Washington Post' 'Blacklist' Story Is Shameful, Disgusting - Rolling Stone
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On 24th November 2016 the Washington Post was "Experts argue that Russian propaganda efforts helped spread the "fake news" during the presidential electionI posted an article titled " Its content covered the argument of the researcher group that several US news websites were influenced by the Russian propaganda campaign during the presidential election and that "fake news", which manipulates the result of the election, was spread out in large quantities.

According to an independent expert team report, "Russians used the existing American news website and SNS to attack the American democracy", and it is said that the news site that spreads fake newslistThere are more than 200 web sites such as WikiLeaks. This list was created by a website called PropOrNot that was established in 2016 and the Washington Post explains PropOrNot as "a group of nonpartisan researchers with foreign policy, military and technical background". On the other hand, the Washington Post is "credible because it is not clear what kind of researcher group belongs to which organization and because the criteria for posting a website on the list is unclear, It is criticized as "quoting missing information".


The Intercept contacted PropOrNot and asked a large number of questions and found that emoticons entered "We are able to reply to you today though we are receiving many comment requests" I received a reply. PropOrNot said at that time, "We are a team organized with more than 30 people, we can not answer questions such as who is involved," he said afterwards there was no reply to The Intercept .