The first referenced “journalist” of TheCradle.co is Pepe Escobar, whose wikkpedia entry includes the following:
“Escobar’s work has been scrutinized for its appearance in outlets identified by the U.S. State Department as part of Russia’s disinformation network, such as RT and Sputnik News, raising questions about the potential propagation of Russian propaganda.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_Escobar
More on Escobar and the outlets through which he is published:
“Pipelineistan” is a term coined by Escobar to describe “the vast network of oil and gas pipelines that crisscross the potential imperial battlefields of the planet,” particularly in Central Asia.[16][17] Articles by Escobar about his “Pipelineistan” theory, many first published in TomDispatch, were re-published in Al Jazeera,[18] Grist,[19] Mother Jones,[20] and The Nation.[21][22]”
Ibid.
The second listed “journalist” of the cradle has garnered this attention:
“AN EXTREMIST NAMED SHARMINE NARWANI FINDS A HOME AT ‘COMMENT IS FREE’
by Guest/Cross Post
Cross posted by Zach at Huffington Post Monitor
It isn’t an easy title to win, but Sharmine “Dignity Rockets” Narwani is probably the most loathsome of all the Huffington Post bloggers, past or present. We’ve documented in the past her hatred for America, Israel (of course), and Huffington Post bloggers who dare to say stuff that she doesn’t like. She’s a liar, an anti-Semite, and a propagandist, not to mention a proud terrorism supporter. If all that doesn’t convince you, check out this page of quotes here.
Of course it goes without saying that being an insulting, lying, anti-Semitic, America hating supporter of terrorism isn’t enough to get one removed from the Huffington Post. That’s exactly the kind of thing that they like to see. The problem is that Narwani went a bridge too far and started defending the regime in Syria while it was bombing its own people. This caused her to be removed from the Huffington Post and sent to Al-Akhbar and Veteran’s Today, where presumably the readership would mirror her views to a larger degree.”