Aaron Maté
Aaron Maté is a Canadian writer and journalist. He hosts the show Pushback with Aaron Maté on The Grayzone and, as of January 2022, he fills in as a host on the Useful Idiots podcast. 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.
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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 |
| Notable awards | Izzy Award (2019) |
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Maté works as a reporter for The Grayzone, a far-left news website and blog, which publishes supportive coverage of the Russian, Syrian, and Chinese governments.
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, 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.