In the congress and my isnd what this happened for a long independent journalist is down substantially. also pushed back with their in my take o on gray zone,te he s reported extensively on the state department lying us into this conflict or that over the years. and we re happy to havenou you join us now. aaron alexis, thanks so much for coming on . look, i said this a totally i have no idea if vladimir putin is planning some kind of false flaglain with russian acts disguised as ukrainian intel operatives or whatever . butt i m just wondering, as matt lee did in that briefing, isn there any evidence that that s true ? well, none b that we ve seen. but the problem is there s been this entrenched playbook in this country where people like matt lee in media ared a rarity where he just did his basic job as a journalist, where the government makes a claimry, a very consequential one about a foreign power. and instead of writingng i it dn a court sonographer, he asks for evidence. and you sa
An independent journalist and also host pushback on the gray zone. he s reported extensively on the state department s. we are happy to have him join us now. thank you so much coming on. i have no idea vladimir putin is planning some kind of false flag or whatever. but i m just wondering, as matt said in that briefing, is there any evidence that that s true? none that we have seen, but the problem is there s been this entrenched playbook in this country where people like matt lee and the media are he just it is basic job as a journalist. very consequential about a foreign power. instead of writing it down like a court sonographer, he asked for evidence. you saw what he did in response. he said trust us. when that didn t work, he accused of him of being a russian do. that is the playbook that has been established in this