The Washington Post on Thursday night promoted the claims of a new, shadowy organization that smears dozens of U.S. news sites that are critical of U.S. foreign policy as being âroutine peddlers of Russian propaganda.â The article by reporter Craig Timberg â headlined âRussian propaganda effort helped spread âfake newsâ during election, experts sayâ â cites a report by an anonymous website calling itself PropOrNot, which claims that millions of Americans have been deceived this year in a massive Russian âmisinformation campaign.â