Twitter seems to be having a bit of a meltdown about this today with all sorts of crazy rumours going around.
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No he does not, but he is definitely better as sell propaganda than you are at filtering it. Anyone who thinks for even a minute that they could get factual information from Tucker Carlson and Putin to base an opinion on are fooling themselves. Both of them have a long history and tradition of peddling BS so expecting them to do otherwise at this stage is just naive in the extreme.
Like Iran
Nope. Think instead of repeating propaganda. …it’s not difficult….
Getting a distinct impression that a fair few posters would actively deny Russia is commiting genocide in Ukraine...
Exactly, they wouldn’t get access, why?
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.
Name one journalist…just one
And who in the western media would ask these questions to Putin? Seriously?
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.
Well maybe someone like Jeremy Paxman can go and do an interview with Joe Biden or any other leader and ask them to give an explanation why Putin's claims are false, then we have two sides to the story.
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.
Lookit, I should not engage. I am sad enough to have been reading this site for a long time and your posting history does not make sense at all to me.
No, you are making a poor slippery slope argument here.
Entering the EU is a generally a privilege extended to non EU member state citizens, not an obligation on the EU/member states to extend to them in every case, or some "right" they have under International Law.
As I already said, Russia's external facing media is not free at all, it is just a weapon/tool they use to attack us at the moment.
You, bleating about "international law" when it suits you is sickening given your postings about Russia/Ukraine, your sarky little profile pic etc...
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.
Nothing, did you quote the wrong post?
Why would i call out someone for asking questions ? The important thing is the answers to those questions, maybe we hear new things maybe not.
What’s Biden got to do with this?
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?
I don't know, he probably has a lot more knowledge of the background and current information than i have.
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.
What you mean is ban anyone from having an opinion and expressing that opinion because some people don't like it ? It is part on international law to do so, you can't just go round banning people for doing that.
Next thing you know countries will be banning media, throwing political opponents in jail, banning religions and making it illegal to speak their own native tongue without a question being asked.
Wow interesting
Perfectly aware that is their job but given the fact Russia lacks a free press, what we're gonna get is propaganda hour. Do you think Putin is gonna give us a legitimate justification for an invasion? He's had two years to give that and it's been propaganda. Do you think he's gonna admit to genocide? What exactly do you think is gonna be unearthed in such an interview that he hasn't had two years to state?
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.
Everything accept:
1) keep his minority population of russians in the east from experiencing grievances to dissuade them from pursuing independence and/or autonomy.
2) Pursue a federal Ukraine such as suggested in the Minsk Accords.
3) remove NATO trainers and materiel per Minsk Accords.
