{"id":60048,"date":"2024-02-09T13:04:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T21:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=60048"},"modified":"2024-02-09T13:04:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T21:04:27","slug":"tucker-carlson-snuggles-up-to-his-master-vladimir-putin-in-a-humiliating-parade-of-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=60048","title":{"rendered":"Tucker Carlson Snuggles Up to His Master, Vladimir Putin, in a Humiliating Parade of Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"

In what may be the most predictable presentation of pro-Russian propaganda of the year, former Fox News Trump-fluffer, Tucker Carlson, posted his embarrassingly obsequious “interview”<\/em> of Russia’s dictator, Vladimir Putin. The two hour torture featured Carlson employing his constipated stare as his hero regurgitated well-worn talking points.<\/p>\n

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Carlson’s adventures in Putinland are not particularly surprising. He has been hankering for this hook-up for years, despite the perils of visiting a country where actual journalists seem to keep falling out of windows. That, however, isn’t something that Carlson needs to worry about because, unlike actual journalists, he is a renowned purveyor of \u201calternative facts\u201d<\/em> who is only allowed entry to Russia because they already know that his work will be slobberingly sycophantic.<\/p>\n

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True to form, Carlson spent most of the two hours enraptured by his master’s voice as he disseminated flagrantly self-serving disinformation. CNN’s Oliver Darcy succinctly summarized<\/a><\/strong> the sit-down, saying that Carlson…<\/p>\n

“…largely refrained from challenging the Russian authoritarian, whose brutal war on Ukraine has led to the needless deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. Those expecting a hard-hitting face-off will have surely walked away sorely disappointed by the long-winded and rambling interview, in which Tucker himself at times appeared lost. […] Carlson allowed the autocrat a free lane to manipulate the public and tell his version of history, no matter how deceptive it may have been.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Darcy also observed the transparency of Putin’s exploitation of Carlson noting that “Putin\u2019s own spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters this week that Carlson was selected because he ‘has a position that is different from the rest’ of Western media.”<\/em> In other words, Carlson was pre-approved by the Kremlin’s Office of Authorized Up-Sucking.<\/p>\n

At no time during the Veneration of Vlad did Carlson challenge Putin’s blatant lies and distortions of reality. He didn’t bother to mention that Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine and elsewhere; imprisoned and attempted to murder opposition leader Alexei Navalny and other Putin critics; and only briefly referred to the incarceration of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich for more than a year.<\/p>\n

With regard to Ukraine, Carlson got Putin to agree to end his unprovoked slaughter if the U.S. would stop providing aid and Zelenskyy would unilaterally surrender Ukraine’s sovereignty. With regard to Gershkovich, Carlson asked Putin to release him to Carlson’s custody in a grotesque scheme to grab some undeserved glory. He said that “He\u2019s a kid, and maybe he was breaking your law in some way, but he\u2019s not a super spy.”<\/em> That didn’t go over well with fellow Wall Street reporter Ted Mann, who tweeted…<\/p>\n

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Disgraceful of Carlson to suggest Evan was \u201cbreaking [their] law.\u201d He wasn\u2019t. Carlson knows that. Evan is a law-abiding, decent reporter being held hostage for geopolitical leverage. He should be released immediately. #iStandwithEvan<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/1oHUgOHbbr<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ted Mann (@thetrough) February 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n