Tucker Carlson at the Bolshoi Ballet (threadbans in op)

Comparing Zelenskys interviews with Carlsons upcoming Putin propaganda is a very weak attempt at both sidesing the situation.

Nobody is under any illusion as to what Zelensky is doing. He gives countless interviews all over the world, keeping the Ukraine story in the news ans highlighting what’s happening to his country to try and get more assistance to help fight back. It’s a necessity for him and his people.

He’ll talk to anyone, too - gave interviews to Russian journalists last year.

Cant see Putin doing that. We just see state TV, or in this case, carefully choreographed nonsense with a long standing mouthpiece.

Wow interesting

What facts do you think Putin will bring to the discussion that we've been lacking? Given the fact Russia doesn't have a free press, it seems more likely that Carlson will attempt to bring credence to propaganda.

Also just to note, he's not being prevented from doing the interview. However the ethical questions on are pretty valid. There's a reason he chose Carlson and it's not because he's a hard hitting journalist.

Cool, so if it turns out to be a propaganda piece which it most definitely will, you'll be calling Carlson out tomorrow? Do you also agree that Russia doesn't actually have a free press? Why do you think we'll get something different to what Putin has been spouting to date?

The thing is it's unlikely to be a hard hitting interview so if he fails to do that, it becomes a propaganda interview. Jeremy Paxman is considered a good interviewer because he challenges his guests and catches them out. It's not simply a matter of asking questions.

So basically all interviews are propaganda pieces then, when was the last time you saw an interview with hard-hitting questions ANYWHERE?

Everything that is consumed by readers/viewers is very tame indeed for practically every politician. Handlers/previews of questions/coaching before any interview makes 99% of interviews puff pieces/propaganda.

i’m not condoning Carlson going to interview Putin, but let’s see what he asks. I’m sure it’s going to be more dross, same as every interview I’ve seen in years.

There are plenty of hard-hitting interviews out there and that's generally an expected standard in political interviews. This isn't gonna be Frost Nixon and that's the caliber that's required of this kind of interview. He's interviewing a man that is responsible for genocide, electoral interference, assassinations of political opponents and journalists. The news his nation gets is propaganda cause they don't have a free press. If he does the exact same thing in this interview and isn't challenged, that's also a reflection on the interviewer.

And who in the western media would ask these questions to Putin? Seriously?

Name one journalist…just one

Sheezzz… you posed a list of questions. I asked a simple question, name one journalist in the western media who would ask those questions? In person, with Putin.

Exactly, they wouldn’t get access, why?