Aaron Maté
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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 has worked as a reporter and producer for Democracy Now!, Vice, The Real News Network, and Al Jazeera, and has contributed to The Nation.[5][6][7]
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Born | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Occupation | Journalist |
Education | Concordia University (BA) |
Genre | Political commentary |
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Years active | 2005–present[1] |
Notable awards | Izzy Award (2019) |
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Maté currently works as a reporter for The Grayzone, a fringe far-left news website and blog.[8][9]
He challenged allegations of collusion between the Russian government and the 2016 Trump presidential campaign, and the extent to which Russian interference influenced the outcome of the 2016 US presidential election,[8] winning an Izzy Award for this work.
Maté has testified at United Nations Arria meetings hosted by Russia and China, including one concerning what Maté called a cover-up by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons regarding the April 2018 Douma chemical attack.[10]