One of the hallmarks of the Red Scare is that the individuals so accused were given little opportunity to “confront the evidence against them”.
The problem with the propornot list is that it’s a list of names and very little else.
I can go to some of those sites and pick out the Putin valentines almost immediately. But other sites? Show me the stories. I can believe that some of the antiwar sites would print Assad propaganda. Belief, however, is not enough.
As Admiral Ozzel would say,
“I want proof, not leads!”
A free society demands skepticism.