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He challenged allegations of collusion between the [[Government of Russia|Russian Government]] and the [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign|2016 Trump Campaign]], and the extent to which [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|Russian interference]] influenced the outcome of the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 US presidential election]].<ref name="Bloch_8/15/2022" />
He challenged allegations of collusion between the [[Government of Russia|Russian Government]] and the [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign|2016 Trump Campaign]], and the extent to which [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|Russian interference]] influenced the outcome of the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 US presidential election]].<ref name="Bloch_8/15/2022" />

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Maté promotes conspiracy theories about the 7 April 2018 [[Douma chemical attack|Douma chemical attacks]], in which the Syrian government carried out chemical weapons attacks against civilians in the city of [[Douma, Syria|Douma]]. Maté specifically attempts to cast doubt on the Syrian government's responsibility for the attacks. With regard to Maté's reporting on the Syrian Civil War, the [[Institute for Strategic Dialogue]] stated that, among the 28 social media accounts, individuals, outlets and organisations which it studied, Maté was the most prolific spreader of [[disinformation]] on topics related to the war, including use of chemical weapons.<ref name="Townsend 2022">{{cite web | last=Townsend | first=Mark | title=Network of Syria conspiracy theorists identified – study | website=the Guardian | date=19 June 2022 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/19/russia-backed-network-of-syria-conspiracy-theorists-identified | access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
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In September 2020, Maté testified at the [[United Nations]] at an [[Arria formula meeting|Arria meeting]] hosted by the Russian Federation and China, about the alleged cover-up by the OPCW.<ref name="bc261020"/> In April 2021, he spoke at another Russian-hosted UN event on the topic.<ref name="Deadly Disinformation">{{cite web | author=Institute for Strategic Dialogue|title=Deadly Disinformation:How online conspiracies about Syria cause real-world harm | website=ISD: Deadly Disinformation | date=13 July 2022| url=https://deadlydisinformation.org/ | access-date=1 March 2023|quote=Since 2020, Aaron Maté at the Grayzone has overtaken Beeley as the most prolific creators and spreader of disinformation among the 28 actors we investigated. An article that he wrote for the Grayzone where he attacks Bellingcat for its contributions to the OPCW was the most shared link in our data set in both 2020 and 2021. He, like Beeley, also appeared at the UN at the invitation of Russia, where he attempted to defend the Syrian government against accusations of chemical weapons use.... 16 April: Aaron Maté, a journalist at the Grayzone, speaks at “OPCW cover-up” event held at UNSC hosted by Russia... 23 June: Spike in repeated and recycled claims that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons investigation into the Douma chemical attack was flawed. According to ISD’s data, Aaron Maté spread these claims most frequently.}}</ref>
In September 2020, Maté testified at the [[United Nations]] at an [[Arria formula meeting|Arria meeting]] hosted by the Russian Federation and China, about the alleged cover-up by the OPCW.<ref name="bc261020"/> In April 2021, he spoke at another Russian-hosted UN event on the topic.<ref name="Deadly Disinformation">{{cite web | author=Institute for Strategic Dialogue|title=Deadly Disinformation:How online conspiracies about Syria cause real-world harm | website=ISD: Deadly Disinformation | date=13 July 2022| url=https://deadlydisinformation.org/ | access-date=1 March 2023|quote=Since 2020, Aaron Maté at the Grayzone has overtaken Beeley as the most prolific creators and spreader of disinformation among the 28 actors we investigated. An article that he wrote for the Grayzone where he attacks Bellingcat for its contributions to the OPCW was the most shared link in our data set in both 2020 and 2021. He, like Beeley, also appeared at the UN at the invitation of Russia, where he attempted to defend the Syrian government against accusations of chemical weapons use.... 16 April: Aaron Maté, a journalist at the Grayzone, speaks at “OPCW cover-up” event held at UNSC hosted by Russia... 23 June: Spike in repeated and recycled claims that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons investigation into the Douma chemical attack was flawed. According to ISD’s data, Aaron Maté spread these claims most frequently.}}</ref>

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With regard to Maté's reporting on the Syrian Civil War, the [[Institute for Strategic Dialogue]] stated that, among the 28 social media accounts, individuals, outlets and organisations which it studied, Maté was "the most prolific spreader of [[disinformation]]" on topics related to the Syrian war, including use of chemical weapons.<ref name="Townsend 2022">{{cite web | last=Townsend | first=Mark | title=Network of Syria conspiracy theorists identified – study | website=the Guardian | date=19 June 2022 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/19/russia-backed-network-of-syria-conspiracy-theorists-identified | access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref>


In May 2021, he accompanied [[Paul Larudee]] and other members of the [[Syria Solidarity Movement]] to observe the [[2021 Syrian presidential election]].<ref name="Whitaker 2018"/> [[Bellingcat]] wrote that the Syria Solidarity Movement supports the [[Syrian Social Nationalist Party]] (SSNP), which it described as "a rabidly anti-Semitic, fascist organization that advocates for a "Greater Syria," incorporating Lebanon and Palestine".<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Davis |first=Charles |date=30 September 2019 |title=Pro-Assad Lobby Group Rewards Bloggers On Both The Left And The Right |work=[[Bell¿ngcat]] |url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2019/09/30/pro-assad-lobby-group-rewards-bloggers-on-both-the-left-and-the-right/}}</ref>
In May 2021, he accompanied [[Paul Larudee]] and other members of the [[Syria Solidarity Movement]] to observe the [[2021 Syrian presidential election]].<ref name="Whitaker 2018"/> [[Bellingcat]] wrote that the Syria Solidarity Movement supports the [[Syrian Social Nationalist Party]] (SSNP), which it described as "a rabidly anti-Semitic, fascist organization that advocates for a "Greater Syria," incorporating Lebanon and Palestine".<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Davis |first=Charles |date=30 September 2019 |title=Pro-Assad Lobby Group Rewards Bloggers On Both The Left And The Right |work=[[Bell¿ngcat]] |url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2019/09/30/pro-assad-lobby-group-rewards-bloggers-on-both-the-left-and-the-right/}}</ref>

Revision as of 14:58, 8 March 2023

Aaron Maté
Maté in 2021
Maté in 2021
BornVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
OccupationJournalist
EducationConcordia University (BA)
GenrePolitical commentary
Subjects
Years active2005–present[1]
Notable awardsIzzy Award (2019)
Parents

Aaron Maté is a Canadian writer and journalist.[2][3] He hosts the show Pushback with Aaron Maté on The Grayzone[2] and, as of January 2022, he fills in as a host on the Useful Idiots podcast.[4]

Maté works as a reporter for The Grayzone, a far-left blog[5][6] which publishes supportive coverage of the Russian and Syrian governments, and has also published content denying atrocities committed by these regimes.[5] In addition to his work for The Grayzone, Maté has also contributed to The Nation, and appeared several times on Fox News on Tucker Carlson Tonight.[7][8][9]

He challenged allegations of collusion between the Russian Government and the 2016 Trump Campaign, and the extent to which Russian interference influenced the outcome of the 2016 US presidential election.[5]

Early life

Maté was born in Vancouver[10] to Rae Maté, a visual artist and an illustrator of children's books,[11] and Gabor Maté, a Hungarian physician, author, and columnist.[12]

While a student, Maté was vice president of the pro-Palestinian student union at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and he was the main subject of the National Film Board of Canada documentary Discordia.[13][14] The film depicts Maté's campus activism in support of the Palestinian cause and the effect it has on his relationship with the student union and his Palestinian friends. He received death threats from fellow Jews due to his condemnation of Israel's treatment of Palestinians.[15][13] Maté was arrested during the Concordia University Netanyahu riot on 9 September 2002, after stepping between protesters and police,[16] for which he faced expulsion.[17]

From 2003 to 2005 Maté worked as a primary researcher for Naomi Klein, who praised him as "a great intellect and terrific journalist".[18]

Journalism

Up to 2017, Maté had worked as a reporter and producer for Democracy Now!, Vice, The Real News Network, and Al Jazeera.[19] Maté earned an Izzy Award in April 2019 for this work.[20][21][22][23]

Scepticism of Special Counsel Investigation and Russia's role in election interference

Using the term "Russiagate", Maté covered the story around Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and criticized the mainstream media coverage of the Special Counsel investigation.[24][20][21][25]

In October 2017, Maté discussed the media coverage of the investigation in The Nation, stating that "unverified claims are reported with little to no scepticism ... developments are cherry-picked and overhyped, while countervailing ones are minimised or ignored. Front-page headlines advertise explosive and incriminating developments, only to often be undermined by the article's content, or retracted entirely." Maté said use of social media by Russia had no effect on the election: "To suggest 200 [Twitter] accounts out of 328 million could have had an impact is as much an insult to common sense as it is to basic math". "A $100,000 Facebook ad purchase seems unlikely to have had much impact in a $6.8 billion election".[26][27][28] In a July 2018 article in The Nation following the 2018 Russia–United States summit in Helsinki between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, he defended Trump against the statements made against him, such as the claim the summit had triggered an American "national security crisis".[29][30] In May 2017, Bob Cesca wrote on the Salon website: "Both Maté and [Zack] Beauchamp go to great lengths to characterize speculation about the Trump-Russia connection, which I would describe as small-C conspiracy theories, as being on a similar level as Alex Jones' loony big-C conspiracy mongering."[31]

In December 2017, Maté interviewed Luke Harding on The Real News Network about Harding's just published book about the Russian interference to help Trump, Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win. Vanity Fair described Maté as "a polite but dogged skeptic who administered a memorable vivisection" to Harding during the interview.[32]

Maté earned an Izzy Award in April 2019 for his work "taking a factual, meticulous approach to the overhyped, over-exaggerated Russia election-collusion story" and for challenging press coverage of Robert Mueller's Special Counsel investigation.[20][21][22][23]

In November 2019, Maté suggested John Brennan, former director of the CIA, had suspicious reasons for the investigation into Russian links in a November 2019 article for Real Clear Investigations.[33][34] According to the Washington Monthly Brennan (and Maté)[33][34] had been open in a Congressional hearing in May 2017, which the Senate Intelligence Committee shared.[33][clarification needed]

In December 2019, Maté appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show and said that people "are accepting the claim that Russia hacked the DNC, even though there's been no evidence yet". Carlson pushed back against Maté's claim.[35][36] The U.S. Intelligence Community provided abundant evidence that the Russian hacking groups Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear were behind the Democratic National Committee cyber attacks.[37][38][39]

In May 2020, Maté stated: "All of the available evidence showed just how baseless [Russiagate] was". He said those who resisted Trump's administration were distracted by the "conspiracy theory that he conspired with or was blackmailed by Russia".[40]

Syria, Douma, and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Independent international investigations have concluded that the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad has used chemical weapons against civilians at least five times during the Syrian Civil War, including in the 7 April 2018 Douma chemical attacks.[41] Nevertheless, Maté has attempted to cast doubt on the Syrian government's responsibility for the Douma attacks. He has been featured at multiple United Nations meetings hosted by the Russian government in order to publicize conspiracy theories about the Douma attacks.

Maté's claims regarding Douma are based on private correspondence between two former Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) inspectors, in which they called into question an OPCW report implicating the Syrian government for the Douma attacks.[42] This correspondence was released by Wikileaks and publicized by pro-Russia sources. An article by Bellingcat indicated that the skepticism of one of inspectors was rooted in technical ignorance; the investigator had left his position with the OPCW before the period when it carried out most of its investigative work on Douma, and was simply ignorant of the new technology the OPCW used to corroborate the allegation of a chemical weapons attack.

In September 2020, Maté testified at the United Nations at an Arria meeting hosted by the Russian Federation and China, about the alleged cover-up by the OPCW.[42] In April 2021, he spoke at another Russian-hosted UN event on the topic.[43]

With regard to Maté's reporting on the Syrian Civil War, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue stated that, among the 28 social media accounts, individuals, outlets and organisations which it studied, Maté was "the most prolific spreader of disinformation" on topics related to the Syrian war, including use of chemical weapons.[44]

In May 2021, he accompanied Paul Larudee and other members of the Syria Solidarity Movement to observe the 2021 Syrian presidential election.[45] Bellingcat wrote that the Syria Solidarity Movement supports the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), which it described as "a rabidly anti-Semitic, fascist organization that advocates for a "Greater Syria," incorporating Lebanon and Palestine".[46]

Maté and The Grayzone, for which he reports, have been recipients of the Association for Investment in Popular Action Committees's Serena Shim Award, a cash prize administered by Paul Larudee and frequently given to supporters of the Syrian government, and individuals who promote conspiracy theories in support of Syria's president Assad.[47][48][45]

In June 2022, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) published an analysis of social media accounts, individuals, outlets and organisations who disseminated disinformation about the Syrian conflict. Maté was named as the most prolific spreader of disinformation about the Syrian conflict since 2020 among the 28 conspiracy theorists analysed.[43][49] In a footnote added the following month to the London Observer article about the ISD report, Maté was quoted as saying "neither the study or the Observer offer any evidence" for the assertion he is a spreader of disinformation and that the Institute for Strategic Dialogue "does not even attempt to refute a single claim of mine". Maté also alleged a conflict of interest because the ISD’s funders included some western governments involved in the Syrian conflict.[49]

Other journalism and commentary

In November 2020, Maté said that the appointment of Antony Blinken as Secretary of State and the possible nomination of Michèle Flournoy as Defense Secretary, showed that President-elect Joe Biden was "continuing with the hawkish playbook" he had followed throughout his career.[50]

In February 2021, Maté was the first to report that Amnesty International had removed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny's status as a prisoner of conscience "given the fact that he advocated violence and discrimination and has not yet retracted such statements".[51][52][53][54][55] Oliver Carroll wrote in The Independent that The Grayzone had "amplified" criticism of Navalny and "appears to have been privy to lobbying around the Amnesty decision".[53]

Maté was critical of President Biden's response to Israel's attack on Gaza in May 2021. Maté said Biden's telephone call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which Biden expressed his "unwavering support" for Israel's "right to defend itself", was "a green light for Netanyahu to continue massacring Palestinian civilians".[56]

Katrina vanden Heuvel wrote that the US had "tentatively been opening the door to negotiations" with Russia during its 2022 invasion of Ukraine and Maté has "carefully detailed" the way in which the Biden administration "had orchestrated leaks to the media".[57][undue weight? – discuss]

Maté said that the Ukrainian Government, which came to power after the Maidan revolution, was a "fascist-infused coup". Regarding the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, he said that the US was funding "proxy warfare" against Russia and preventing any prospect of peace for its own ends.[58]

In February 2023, The Bulwark website published an article by Cathy Young in which she accused Maté of sharing a deceptively cut video of an interview by Israel's ex-PM, Naftali Bennett, in which he talked about the break down in peace negotiations during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to Maté, Bennett said that Russia and Ukraine reached a preliminary peace agreement early in the war but the US rejected it. According to Young, Bennett said the peace talks stalled after the Bucha massacre.[59]

Personal life

Maté's mother is Rae Maté, a visual artist and illustrator of children's books, and his father is physician and author, Gabor Maté.[11][12] Maté is Jewish.[5]

References

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  3. ^ Maley, Dave (3 April 2019). "Izzy Award to Be Shared By Earth Island Journal and Journalists Laura Flanders, Dave Lindorff and Aaron Maté". IC News. Ithaca College.
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  5. ^ a b c d Bloch, Ben (15 August 2022). "Russell Brand slammed by antisemitism campaigners for platforming Corbyn apologist". Jewish Chronicle. Aaron Maté is a Canadian journalist for the far-left blog, The Grayzone, which is known for its pro-Kremlin editorial line and its support for the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and has published content denying that the Syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians.
  6. ^ "How a retired MI6 boss, his Brexiteer friends and a celebrity Marxist became targets in Russia's war on Ukraine". POLITICO. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Tucker Carlson: Don't ask obvious questions about the Nord Stream pipeline leak". Fox News. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  8. ^ Tim Hains (7 February 2022). "Aaron Mate: "Blue Anon" Says Russia Is Responsible For Every Problem And If You Doubt It You're A Russian Asset". Real Clear Politics.
  9. ^ Chait, Jonathan (23 December 2019). "Tulsi Gabbard and the Return of the Anti-Anti-Trump Left". Intelligencer. Retrieved 27 February 2023. Krystal Ball and Aaron Mate recently speculated that Democratic leaders just might be setting up an impeachment trial in order to keep Sanders and Elizabeth Warren locked up in Washington and off the campaign trail... Leftists like Mate and Glenn Greenwald sometimes appear on Tucker Carlson's show, giving an edgy, trans-ideological sheen to his increasingly overt white nationalism.
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  21. ^ a b c Keller, Sydney (20 March 2021). "Park Center for Independent Media holds 11th annual Izzy Awards". The Ithacan. Retrieved 11 May 2021. Maté also spoke about the President Donald Trump and Russia conspiracy. He said he believes the mainstream media has been promulgating a false narrative that Trump colluded with the Russian government during the 2016 campaign.
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  30. ^ Hunter, Jack (16 August 2018). "What If Russiagate Is The New WMDs?". The American Conservative. Retrieved 27 May 2021. The Nation's Aaron Maté believes liberals are overreaching, and that's putting it mildly: 'From the outset, Russiagate proponents have exhibited a blind faith in the unverified claims of US government officials and other sources, most of them unnamed. ... The record of US intelligence, replete with lies and errors, underscores the need for caution. Mueller was a player in one of this century's most disastrous follies when, in congressional testimony, he endorsed claims about Iraqi WMDs and warned that Saddam Hussein 'may supply' chemical and biological material to 'terrorists'.'
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  54. ^ "Amnesty's removal of Navalny's 'prisoner of conscience' status sparks Twitter storm". English Jamnews. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  55. ^ "Amnesty International rescinds Alexey Navalny's 'prisoner of conscience' status because of past 'hate speech,' following rumored 'campaign' by individuals tied to Russia Today". Meduza. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  56. ^ Wilkins, Brett (12 May 2021). "As Biden Blasted for 'Green Light' to Israel's Gaza Slaughter, House Dems Praised for Urging US Peace Push". Common Dreams. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  57. ^ Heuvel, Katrina vanden (15 November 2022). "How to End the War in Ukraine? Sit Down and Talk. It's Time". The Nation. Retrieved 20 November 2022. Despite public disavowals, the White House has tentatively been opening the door to negotiations. As journalist Aaron Maté has carefully detailed, the administration has orchestrated a number of leaks
  58. ^ "Web Summit cancels invitations to two speakers following 'pro-Russian' backlash". The Irish Times. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  59. ^ Young, Cathy (8 February 2023). "No, Elon, the U.S. Didn't Scuttle a Ukraine Peace Deal". The Bulwark. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

External links

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