Former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson traveled to Russia this week to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin. The EU is considering a travel ban. Cries of treason come from the US.
Newsweek reports Tucker Carlson Could Face Sanctions Over Putin Interview
Carlson visited Russia this week, and on Tuesday revealed he would “soon” be releasing an interview with the Russian leader.
Carlson’s work in Russia could see the former Fox News host in hot water with the EU, Guy Verhofstadt, a former Belgian Prime Minister and current member of the European Parliament, told Newsweek.
The lawmaker—who has called for the EU to explore imposing a “travel ban” on Carlson—described Carlson as “a mouthpiece” of former President Donald Trump and Putin, adding: “As Putin is a war criminal and the EU sanctions all who assist him in that effort, it seems logical that the External Action Service examine his case as well.”
Luis Garicano, a former MEP, told Newsweek he agreed with Verhofstadt’s stance. “He is no longer a newsman, but a propagandist for the most heinous regime on European soil and the one which is most dangerous to our peace and security,” Garicano said of Carlson.
Explaining his motive for the interview, Carlson said in a video statement on Tuesday: “Most Americans have no idea why Putin invaded Ukraine or what his goals are now.” “We are not here because we love Vladimir Putin….We are not encouraging you to agree with what Putin may say in this interview, but we are urging you to watch it. You should know as much as you can.”
Deranged Response
Glenn Greenwald criticizes the proposed sanctions as deranged, also noting that “neocon elites” accuse Tucker of treason.
Neocon Elites
“Many prominent liberal and neocon elites – and that’s a repetitive phrase at this point – the overlap between conservative and liberals is almost full and complete. Basically, Neocons are the thought leaders of the Democratic party when it comes to foreign policy.”
I side with Greenwald for blasting warmongers in both parties. Importantly, Interviewing is what journalists do.
Whether or not you like Tucker or think he is being used, stifling the media is a scary response. Greenwald called it deranged.
The Atlantic
Another Great Comeback
CNN
The WSJ Misses the Point Too
Comment of the Day
“This is not about Putin. This is about freedom to say what you believe in.“
Bingo.
Who is the Journalist Here?
- Yaroslav Trofimov, Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent of The Wall Street Journal
- Christiane Amanpour, CNN Chief International Anchor
- Anne Applebaum, Atlantic
- Tucker Carlson
The first three are not interested in interviewing Putin. They are interested in promoting a view on which their mind is already made up.
All three are jealous of Tucker getting an interview when they didn’t.
Irony of the Day
Of course, this post will get me branded as a “Putin lover” simply for standing up for the right of journalists to do interviews.
The irony of the day is propagandists at the WSJ, CNN, the Atlantic, and the Guardian accuse Tucker of propaganda.
Worse yet, they want to silence him. Journalists now want to sanction other journalists because they disagree.
Amazing.
Tucker is a propagandist not a reporter.
Supporting & promoting the pre-eminent mass-murderer of the 21st Century doesn’t give you a golden shield to protect you from your abhorrent actions.
Give it a rest. We’re not children so we don’t think like them. The adults want to talk.
The ‘adults’ brains are mush from fox blaring from 6 TV’s all day, keeping them in a state of fear and rage. Lacking any other relevance to humanity, this becomes their identity.
Literal zombies, attacking the uninfected.
Ha, Putin told us many times why he invaded Ukraine. he thinks it’s a Russian colony and the current government are Nazi. Ukraine has been trying to gain independence for about 500 years and if successful many other subjugated nations within the empire will want out.
Maybe the very Ukrainians should ve been asked whether they wanted to ‘gain DEpendence’ from the EU and NATO ? If individual so called democratic European nations had asked their constituency whether they wanted to become EU members, our totally worthless, corrupt, idiotic grifters circus would not even exist….The same goes for NATO…
> If individual so called democratic European nations had asked their constituency whether they wanted to become EU members
If?? Which alternative reality are you living in?
link to en.wikipedia.org
The US is no longer a bastion for law and order. The Constitution has been thoroughly trampled on by mindless herds of politicians at this point (I especially liked the dismissal of individual property rights durnig Covid, with after effects still lingering). We have a President who brags about subverting the Supreme Court. USA, USA, USA??
“The US is no longer a bastion for law and order.”
Or, more fundamentally: It is very much “law and order” which are the problem.
“Law”, once extending much beyond the 10 commandments, Bill of Rights and such one-page, well reasoned universalities…..; are no more than an excuse for entirely arbitrary “interpretation” by ruling-junta-anointed-and-dependent ambulance chasers and robed wiggos. “Order” nothing more than shorthand for keeping the niggas from being uppity.
The problem is instead that the US is no longer a bastion of liberty. As in freedom. Specifically freedom FROM millions of pages of arbitrary regime-lackey serving drivel attempted passed off as “law.” As well as from kangaroo courts and jackboots pretending banning people from doing as they please, under guise of “order”, is in any way whatsoever different from making sure the cotton pickers remained peaceful while performing their assigned plantation duties.
Putin has won the Ukraine war and he is one of the new leaders in the multipolar world opposing the globalist. Sane people want the US to join the multipolar world in peace and cooperation. Neocon globalist want to bomb any country that resist their dictates.
In reading the comments, it’s so easy to identify the libtards. They hate free speech and they hate Tucker.
Should have left the Euro degenerates to kill themselves off in 1917.
Tucker is a true Patrio. The traitorous neocons deserve scorn and derision and their number one interest is Israel and perpetual wars.
I don’t have any problem admitting I like Putin. He is the leader of Russia and is looking out for the Russian people’s interest. That’s commendable. If only our sorry, pathetic leaders would loom out for the people they govern over. Instead they do everything to destroy society and push perversions onto children. They loot and pillage our societies and start endless wars. May their evil souls rot in the ninth circle of he!!.
Here’s a clip you forgot to post Mish. I’m the same person you responded to below.
Tucker Carlson – “ Why do I care what is going on in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia? Why shouldn’t I root for Russia? Which by the way I am”
You are absolutely wrong about calling this man a journalist. It is an absurd and willfully ignorant statement
Like all the other journalists you approve of don’t have an opinion about the Ukrainian Civil War? That’s what this is – a civil war that’s been raging for the last ten years. Russia finally entered it in large part to defend ethnic Russians. Most western journalists back the Zelenskyy regime. So what if Carlson’s sympathies lie with Russia?
So what. I’m rooting for the good guys too.
Now one is making you watch the interview. You can go on the boobtube and get your 30 minutes of hate on MSNBC. I’ll be watching Tucker
You do realize that “safe and effective” was a lie and every so-called mainstream journalist was parroting it, instead of exposing the truth, right?
J6 doesn’t even meet the definition of insurrection. So why are we being lied to by the so-called mainstream media? The media are corrupt.
He’s part of their holy mythology now… speak ill of him and th angry tears start up.
Your post dates the quote as from November 2019. But the Russia/Ukraine war started in February 2022, so…
It started in 2014.
link to en.wikipedia.org
Fox News lawyers defended Tucker Carlson in court against defamation by taking the position that no reasonable person would take him seriously; and the judge agreed.
Ridicule away. We just laugh at you.
You mean the defense Rachel Madcow successfully used a year earlier when One America Network sued her and MSNBC for slander saying they were Russian paid? Carlson was defending himself against a former Playboy playmate saying she was extorting Trump by threatening to sue unless he paid her. Sure sounds like extortion A favorite tactic of the left. Sue over everything possible.
Interesting you didn’t mention Madcow at all, let alone point out the big difference. A
link to greenwald.substack.com
Madcow? are you 12 years old?
The judge ruled in the MSNBC case that it was an evident hyperbole and ordered One America Network to pay all legal fees. Fox News also won their case and the judge wrote “Fox persuasively argues, that given Mr. Carlson’s reputation, any reasonable viewer ‘arrive[s] with an appropriate amount of skepticism’ about the statement he makes.”
Trump humpers believe anything that makes them feel righteous anger. It’s the only emotion they have left.
Tucker Carlson is not a journalist. He is a Putin poodle, spewing Russian propaganda. What I don’t get is why MAGA doesn’t nominate Putin for POTUS. Putin is the real thing and, as far as I know, not a rapist. Would it be unconstitutional? MAGA doesn’t care about constitutional restrictions.
You are aware of NDAA 2013, are you not? The U.S. government is permitted to propagandize to us. What comes out our government is propaganda. How about all governments stop spewing propaganda?
And you’re a nimrod
They love their Putin poodle, because they’re all Putin poodles. Obese, ineffective traitors .
I have realized the lunatics that are crying about this and losing their minds over it are THE SAME ones who LOVED Jane Fonda in Hanoi
Wild stuff
Like the Canadians and British?
I didnt like Jane in Hanoi, but I did like her in Barberella!
What about Jane in Barbarella?
I was in the Army when she went to Hanoi. No soldier I knew really cared. Don’t forget that was largely a slave Army fueled by LBJ’s draft and Nixon’s death lottery. I think Hanoi Jane made a mistake but don’t we all.
That is quite a scoop. The media cartels must be livid.
Tucker’s doing true journalism while the MSM are mouth pieces for the swamp.
Glasnost gooood….. But vhere iss moose and squirrel?
But Ma, it’s Pooty!
Curious minds would like to know. I hope we are permitted to hear this.
Summary: Russia is great, USA is evil! Let us finish invading Ukraine.
you’re welcome, MAGAT.
wow, the big media players do not want to be exposed. pokiticans do not want to be exposed. what are the lies spread by weatern politicians and media? would be nice to report both aidesbof the atory, again. not aince Clinton passed a bill in the 1996? allowing hpurnalist to repirt their own opinion…..
could this be the day when we will see both sides, again?
TCN will make mint over the slow reveal.
well played
It’s amazing how much the propagandists in the government and media fear free speech. But not surprising. I don’t care about Tucker Carlson, but he must be loving all the free advertising he’s receiving from the crybabies. I guess they’ve never heard of the forbidden fruit or the Streisand Effect.
The EU is a corrupt terrorist propagandist anti-free-speech, anti-freedom, authoritarian, intrusive, overbearing, incompetent, lying, stupid, mentally retarded, fundamentally flawed, hypocritical, and in every conceivable way an evil organisation.
You are describing Russia more than Europe.
He might be there to relay Trump’s terms for peace. Something along the lines of “Quit while you’re ahead, because Mr. Trump intends to end this war one way or another.” May as well do an interview while he’s there too. Good ratings, and good cover.
Seems far-fetched.
FWIW, Tucker Carlson was one of the people Putin was targeting with Russian females penetrating the Republican party, RNC and NRA. Effectively Putin wants airtime from only specific people like Carlson. Tucker should move to Russia if he hates America so much.
What a disingenuous and un-American comment.
Love it or leave it, porky.
So should the Democrats, they seem to hate America the most, and are communists.
Don’t saddle Russia with them. They should move to Mexico.
Are you delusional?
Purely evil POS^
Why don’t YOU move to North Korea?
It was Obama who talked of fundamentally changing America. It is Democrats who are attacking our “sacred institutions” while projecting onto Republicans everything they are doing. It is a Marxist propaganda technique. It isn’t Tucker that hates America, it’s those who are attacking him.
Why are they afraid of the truth? Wasn’t it Putin who exposed Nuland saying “F the EU?”
I think you’re confusing Russia with Israel and Putin with Jeffery Epstein. If you want to identify a foriegn country that controls American elections look no further than Israel.
Gotta say this for left wingers. They have moved beyond calling anyone they disagree with a racist or Nazi. Now they have added calling people traitors.
Of course Ukraine is the nation with the Neo Nazi militias
Mish – you’ve gotten too political to get hits. I’d rather you do a post on the post covid tax code that left gaping loopholes for real estate and why those weren’t closed and who it benefits. This is also contributing to inflation. In the era of political division, we need to follow the money wherever it leads.
Addendum: Nvidia got an unsolicited offer from an Asian holding company for their bay area real estate upwards of 100s of millions of dollars. The all cash offer now has competing offers as real estate appears to be where people are hiding both clean and black money at a scale never before seen.
Purely evil POS^
I’ll casually observe that the economy is controlled by politics. I’d prefer it not be the case but that’s the reality. Ignore it at your peril.
Its just insane this entire psyop that is our culture nowadays….up is down, left is right, Carlson spreads propaganda but the NY Times (known for Nazi sympathizing) is the benchmark of journalism. Or maybe the Bidenomics is creating a great economy, AfD is Nazi party, etc etc etc.
The frustrating part is that the purveyors of this swill think we dont see it. Granted, many sheeple may not, but it gets old…
For the record, Mish, while I may not agree with you all the time, you consistently call it as you see it….no one is immune and no agenda is being pushed. Thank you
Tuckers ratings will be huge. Any MSM mouthpiece could have gotten the scoop if it wasn’t for their loyalty to the deep state. Sad!
Putin wouldn’t even be news if it wasn’t for the Deep State starting a war with Russia.
We have broken 3 Treaties with Russia, if a country did that to us we would do far worse than Putin has done. We never met a war we didn’t like.
Sure Tucker is free to do the interview but he’s no journalist. He’s a partisan editorial mouthpiece no different than Rachel Maddow or the women of the View. For those chearing this on would you be happy if Rachel Maddow was doing the interview? Would you call her a journalist? I doubt it. Journalists are supposed to be unbiased and Tucker Carlson has shown time and time again that his sole purpose is to sell outrage and fear to line his pockets.
do better Mish
I would defend Rachael Maddow’s right to interview Putin.
And you?
What the FF do you fail to understand about my clear statement
Comment of the Day
“This is not about Putin. This is about freedom to say what you believe in.“
Now, do you support that statement or not?
Yes or No?
The amusing thing in addition to the hypocrisy above, is I really don’t like Tucker. I did a post saying he deserved to be fired. I defend not Tucker, but his rights.
My first sentence above clearly says that he is free to do the interview. And yes, Maddow is free to do one too. My main concern is Tucker being called a journalist.
Tucker Carlson has shown time and time again that his own political, financial, and personal opinions take precedence over unbiased dry reporting. In fact, since his point of view is so obviously biased, it’s no surprise that Putin has granted him an interview. Tucker is an infotainment TV personality not a journalist.
We’ve lost sight of what journalism even is anymore. It is the unbiased reporting of facts. Who, what, when, where, why. There will be none of that in the upcoming interview I can guarantee you that
He is more of a showman than a journalist.
…and news in general is nothing to do with journalism: it’s all a show.
I suggest you go watch some of the thousands of hours of reruns of Russia collusion from the MSM all propaganda brought to you from
the insiders of the US government and promoted by the MSM . Amazing how people like you brush off all the naratives that have been pushed by the left that have turned out to be lies and are waiting for the next feeding from them of more Bull****.
Without going into the heyday and a litany of American journalists in the past, they were all opinionated when they reported the news as was their editor and the newspaper owner and broadcaster.
You don’t think Walter Lippmann’s articles weren’t slanted?
I.F. Stone?
David Halberstam?
Walter Cronkite?
Bob Woodward?
Carl Bernstein?
By the journalist told what to write about by his/her editor and/or publisher then the journalist slanting the coverage when writing the piece and the editor proofing it and the publisher blessing it if gets to that level tells you their bias.
Tucker Carlson is a better journalist now than he was when he was at Fox or CNN back in the day. Why? Because he doesn’t have to tow the company line.
The new generation of journalist by doing a podcast is superior to the old model.
I’d much rather watch an unfiltered Tucker Carlson, or a Glenn Greenwald, etc., than the Fox version for the former or the Guardian of the latter.
I appreciate your response. Of course all journalists are people, they have their own point of view. But, their goal was still to expose the truth within that point of view. And more importantly, their reporting was professional not highly emotional, partisan, and laced with inuendo.
Take a look at the clip I posted above of Tucker Carlson stating he’s rooting for Russia. I don’t even necessarily think that he is or isn’t. He’s just a grifter that will do or say whatever he needs to get viewers. He doesn’t care about the truth
Let’s not act like whatever scripted material the Kremlin allows Tucker to put together is in service of the truth. Neither Tucker nor Carlson are interested in the truth. That’s the whole point
Woodward’s prior job had been with CIA.
“journalism” i suspect the definitions here are not the same. Tucker sita on yhe fence, generally speaking. aka an old Democrat at heart. like Trump. Though the news media calls both yrump and carlaon far Right….. and they both couldnt be further ffrom the truth. even Dr Jordan Peterson os conaidered far right, and he to sita on the fence or centre.
just to show how easily manipulated peoplecan become. this post ahows that years of propaganda works. thanks Mish for the demonstration
I think I would like to hear it first before making such judgements.
It’s really all infotainment personality anymore, regardless the newscaster. Scripted, polished, propaganda shows. CBS, NBC, ABC. It’s all stage managed. They show us what they want us to see. 60 Minutes did a segment on the disasterous Swine Flu shot. Apparently not one on the disasterous Covid shot. When Steve Kirsch appeared on Tucker, speaking to a substitute host, Kirsch was told that FOX News couldn’t verify his information. Actually they could, but refused. Everyone parroted the same false narrative. The so-called news media is not unbiased. None of it is journalism.
Lincoln simply had journalists opposed to his agenda thrown in prison, Also Eugene Debs by Wilson.
I don’t like him either but I believe he has the right to interview whomever he wants.
Rachel Maddow can raise the ante by interviewing Sam Brinton.
Loser^
– Sure Tucker is free to do the interview.
> Correct
– but he’s no journalist.
> I think he is easily one of the top 5 Journalist in the Country
– He’s no different than Rachel Maddow or the women of the View.
> Correct, as He is an honest journalist, and they are not.
– For those chearing this on would you be happy if Rachel Maddow was doing the interview?
> No, but if she could have, then she would have, so there’s that…
– Would you call her a journalist?
> Yes, but a very, very poor example of one.
– Journalists are supposed to be unbiased
> So are Judges…
– Tucker Carlson has shown that his sole purpose is to sell outrage and fear to line his pockets.
> So that’s why he is reported to be paying 100% of cost for the Putin Interview? Hmm…
– do better Mish
> Any suggestions you would like to share?
You have to be kidding. Why would you want to give any time to this?
Cross the line, and you will go down to the same level of reporting. How much is a reputation worth? .
Ask yourself that question… oh wait, you can’t because you’re hiding your name to criticise someone… because you know that if you said it with your real identity, you would be damaging your own reputation by saying such things and face backlash.
Why not? Putin is one of the most influential people in the world. That’s not a statement of admiration or support, just a fact.
Your reputation is a negative number
Unfortunately we have broken 3 Treaties with Russia involving Ukraine, we neocons here in America would have done much worse than Putin
Let the EU and the Neocon clowns bitch and moan all they want. It’s all they can do.Tucker will do the interview on X and millions will view it. We will all hear, straight from Putin’s mouth, what most of us already know regarding the reasons for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and what it will take to end the war.
Sanity is returning, albeit slowly. With the border crisis here in the US, Biden is toast this fall barring some dramatic development.
Woke crap also seems to be in a retreat.
In my view some things are on the up and up. While others (the moronic trade wars on the horizon) are not. I’ll take what I can get though.
It’s certainly true that a barking dog rarely bites.
The first article of NATO clearly states first work on a peaceful solution. They disregarded their very first rule. There is no “rules based order”. They want missiles right on the Russian border. Take it or leave it.
“They want missiles right on the Russian border. Take it or leave it.”
This is the same mindset that precipitated the Cuban missile crisis when the US based nukes in Turkey. Obviously, nothing was learned from that exercise.
Interview will never measure up to the standards of Tom Snyder / The Tomorrow Show interviewing Meat Loaf and Steve Dahl.
“Mr. Loaf, …”
… upsetting the fascist bootlickers.
Bullies worship bullies. Powerless, obese bullies worship even harder.
Are you talking about Chris Christie? Or maybe Stacy Abrams? Hillary Clinton is obese now and out of power. Who are you talking about? Fat politicians out of power are as common as woodchucks so you are going to have to narrow it down.
you forgot Brian Stelters… but of course, he’s not a journalist either! lol
Fashion item: Who wore it better – Chairman Mao or Hillary?
From some of the comments, and the panic on social media and in the corporate media, it would seem that many (most?) Americans are terrified that a little truth and honest journalism might pop their echo chamber bubbles. Hilarious and sad at the same time. Choosing to remain uninformed and ignorant is a very poor, and dangerous, choice.
That “truth” is available to anyone who wants it at anytime. Just go to rt.com. You know how to use the internet, yes?
given the real Terrorists are in DC and EU
we get they be upset about TRUTH coming out
can’t handle TRUTH
You guys are wrong. In order to stop fascism, we must stop the people from hearing dangerous views, and prevent them from hearing ideas that lead them in the wrong direction.
ThreeBlindMice says
In order to stop fascism, we must have fascism
I think you missed his sarcasm
I think he’s being sarcastic
Who gets to decide what a “dangerous view” is? Fascists like you?
Straight out of 1984… the brainlessness of the left in full view. You talk like a bot.
Orwell’s classic 1984 was criticism of totalitarianism. He wasn’t picking sides whether it was the reactionary Right or the radical Left.
Upvoted, I got the silent /s. Right out of Vonnegut.
This is correct. Perhaps you are not familiar with the famous George Carlin quote?
Stupid people need to be protected because they too easily believe whatever is put in front of them.
This will just be a means of allowing Putin to promote his propaganda to American audiences. Carlson is nothing more than a useful tool. This “interview” will not rehabilitate him in the eyes of the MSM journalist community although it might bring more traffic to his website TCN.
So what? Everything else is a vehicle to promote the propaganda of the American government. I’d like to hear all of the propaganda not just the propaganda that is beneficial to Lockheed.
What propaganda exactly?
The Russians are in an existential challenge being surrounded by DC (behind the NATO mask).
Ukraine was their line in the sand.
Unfortunately those red lines include countries that don’t want to be included and will fight to not be included.
‘…will fight not to be included…”
Not sure that I understand your point.
It means that peoples and countries will fight if Russia tries to take them over, red line or not.
The Ukraine disaster would have been averted at the start if Boris hadn’t gone over to wreck the deal.
I doubt that anyone wants to fight Russia except for the mob bosses who run this place.
Bucha happened. You forgot that.
Fake news. But of course sheeple like you believe any lie told to you by the UkroNazis because they are so credible, if you are gullible and stupid.
No I have a working brain, unlike yourself. It’s easy to tell whose lying and it’s Putin.
You remind me of Lefties that call anyone who questions them fascist.
Yes Bucha happened. After Russian troops left, Ukrainian nazis murdered Russian sympathizers and left their bodies littering the road.
Yes. And Ukraine did it. Catch up.
Boris should dye his hair so he looks like one of The Beatles.
Like the Russians who have always lived in the Donbass, fighting to prevent the Ukrainians (a recent invention) from expelling them or assimilating them… that kind of fighting back that Russia eventually helped them with, after they were being bombarded by their own Ukrainian government? Is that the point you were making? Or the Romanians in land that Ukraine occupies?
They include some made-up countries, that are made-up of bits of their neighbouring countries, and tried to “assimilate” them? It wasn’t just the 7m ethnic Russians the Ukrainian fascists targeted, but also Romanians, and Hungarians, whose land Ukraine occupies… you remember the shape of Poland after WW1? How about that Georgian Stalin and that Ukrainian Khruschev pinching bits of land and rearranging borders? Why should those illegal border changes stand and not be rectified?
The Holy Roman Empire wasn’t holy, wasn’t Roman and wasn’t an empire.
It wasn’t Holy either.
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Here’s your answer in an EXCELLENT column related to Israel:
Settler Colonialism: A Guide for the Sincere
Feb. 6, 2024
By Bret Stephens
A former colleague of mine liked to say that there are certain ideas that vanish in the presence of thought. Among those ideas is settler colonialism — or rather, the invidious, hypocritical and historically illiterate way in which it is often denounced in anti-Israel polemics and protests.
What is settler colonialism? The Legal Information Institute offers the following definition: “A system of oppression based on genocide and colonialism that aims to displace a population of a nation (oftentimes indigenous people) and replace it with a new settler population.” What is settler colonialism as it applies to Israel? The idea that Israel is a British colonial scheme that aimed to create a Jewish ethno-state by eliminating the native Palestinian society and, crucially, that the only way to right this wrong is to eliminate Israel as a Jewish state.
It’s hard to know where to begin, but here’s a thought: If settler colonialism needs to be eliminated, why not get rid of all settler colonialism?
That would start with the United States, which began as a settler-colonialist enterprise under British, Dutch and Spanish rulers, and continued as one under American rule. Some progressives try to nod to this fact with land-acknowledgment statements, which are now common on college campuses, but that’s a remarkably cheap and performative form of atonement.
Real atonement — of the type that’s now being demanded of Israelis — would look quite different. If you’re an American citizen of non-Native American descent, leave. Leave Hawaii. Leave California. Leave Massachusetts, too. Return to the lands of your ancestors — if they will have you. If not, that’s your problem.
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link to nytimes.com
That is Putin’s line. All those countries are made up and only Russia is a real country.
He has captured the angry moron zeitgeist with his look of stupid, angry confusion, and squeaky voice. Pointing this out makes the morons even angrier.
If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
Ignorance is indeed bliss… we don’t have to care about every war.
You authoritarians sure are afraid of free speech.
I am not afraid of free speech. What I take issue with is broadcasting pure propaganda. Hopefully, no US media company will carry this BS although given the low standards they already have (they carry every utterance of Trump, after all), that could be asking too much.
You mean his wicked lies are so powerful that even all the goodness and trueness of the people you support, can’t overwhelm him? Is the fight lost before you even step into the ring? Is your argument so weak, that it falls at the first blow? Really? Really?!
No, I am hoping to protect the people on the left side of the IQ bell curve, such as yourself, from being exposed to propaganda that you are unable to discern as such.
Sure. “The MSM Journalist community”
Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha
Where is that?
While Tucker show is on have the NSA break into all communications to broadcast a special secret song decoder message from Taylor Swift –
First she gets pumped,
then she gets dumped.
Ha! -33 as I write this!! Is this a Mish record or what? [lol]
Trump/Carlson 2024.
No thanks… let Tucker do what he does best, just like DeSantis was better off just sticking with being governor of Florida instead of embarrassing himself nationally.
Angele Merkel admitted that the West NEVER INTENDED to honor the Minsk Agreement. The war in Ukraine would be over in an hour if the Minsk agreement is honored by the West. They won’t because the West wants war. The Neocons are in complete control in DC. Do you want to sacrifice your children and grandchildren so the Neocons can play war games? You’re a fool if you believe the propaganda about Putin and Russia. The first casualty in war is truth.
Merkel was Putin’s lackey like Schroeder was. No one talks to her anymore. She got Germany into this bind by giving Putin everything he wanted. You might as well praise Chamberlain.
You really DO believe your own nonsense, don t you? …The ONLY motive to lure Russia into this ongoing war, were and continue being US’ hegemonic interests ! Btw ,life was was much better in Europe, Germany in particular, when Schroeder and Merkel were still in charge … Now we are heading for the debt inflated , bankrupt, a war industry run, ABYSS !
At the same time, trade in nuclear fuel between Russia and the United States is doing very well. I wonder in exchange for what Russia agrees to supply the United States. This represents a very small part of Russian foreign trade. There are therefore other reasons for these exchanges to persist.
You mean Putin who plays 3-D Chess fell into a CIA trap to destroy Russia by enticing it into making war on the country closest to it in language, culture and blood ties thereby turning it into an enemy for generations? When Putin invaded in 2014 I honestly wondered if Putin was a CIA agent because by his actions he destroyed any hope of the two countries cooperating ever again. Looking at how the war is going, I would say that the Ukraine part contained most of the brain power in the old USSR.
He could take over Canada easily by changing his name to Vladimir Poutine.
‘Putain’ on the other hand would definitely not do it ;-
Or put an a before the i and Putin becomes Putain which means whore in French.
2014= the CIA/NULAND orchestrated Maidan coup, when a democratically elected yet Russia friendly president was removed from power by means of a evil, violent US schemed conspiracy, most likely ‘bought’ with pallet loads of out of the blue printed US Dollars ! ….Putin did NOT invade, all things well considered it was actually the fckn US of A that invaded and bribed Nazi run Whorekraine in the first place….and that s when HELL broke loose , with hundreds of thousands of deaths … ruthlessly ticking, thanks to US’ historical criminal policy…
Putin didn’t invade Ukraine? I suppose Hitler didn’t invade Russia either.
The breakaway regions were already broken away, it’s seperatism, and it happens all over the world.
Destroy Russia? The IMF just affirmed Russia is now the largest and fastest growing economy in Europe.
Using official statistics provided by the Russian government and everyone knows they wouldn’t lie.
Why are you completely ignoring the Ukrainian coup, and the 8 years of Ukrainian attacks on ethnically Russian citizens of what was then the made-up country of Ukraine? Why do you think they fought back?!
Reality detachment disorder ^
Putins lackey? Hilarious!
Lying loser ^
The same thing for Hollande in France. They were stupidly certain that Ukraine was going to win this war at the time of their statements, and they confessed to their sabotage of the Minsk agreements. It was really very reckless. Faced with the predicted disaster, the destroyed Ukraine and a pile of Ukrainian corpses, they will have to explain.
My kids aren’t getting drafted. I mean they can draft them, but they aren’t going.
If I was Tucker Carlson, the last person I would want defending me is Glenn Greenwald who refuses to criticize Putin or the Hamas baby butchers of October 7th. Depends what Carlson asks this tyrant but most journalists are pretty lousy in their jobs anyways
Greenwald is a hero in his own right – for Snowden
You’re not Tucker.
Stop watching CNN
“Cries of treason come from the US.”
“The truth is treason in a kingdom of lies.” NDAA 2013 permits the U.S. government to propagandize to the American people. Mainstream media parrots the government propaganda. NewsGuard protects the official propaganda the government is promoting.
Kinzinger is afraid Tucker will expose the truth. He was also on the J6 commission in order to hide the truth. The J6 commission was a political sham, not an objective investigation. Kinzinger needs a mirror before he calls anyone traitor.
Kinzinger should be in a baby high chair.
The more Tucker is attacked, the more likely people will want to watch his interview to judge for themselves.
I want to watch the interview. Carlson since leaving Fox asks questions that I want to hear answers from the person being interviewed.
Megan Kelley’s interview of Putin was a disaster. She was ill prepared and it showed by the quality of her questions. NBC soon thereafter canceled her network appearances. Since leaving NBC her journalism quality has picked up.
The upshot is MSM is not the place to get the news worth listening, reading or watching.
Free Julian Assange!
Have they done it? No. If they do they will wait to see how the interview goes first. In Europe, the lines have already been drawn so it really doesn’t matter what either Tucker or Putin says. Neither camp will believe the other.
The State Dept. and EU could save a fortune on salaries if they just employed a clique of Mean Girls in High School to run policy and “diplomacy”. Why pay for “experts” when nothing greater than juvenile thinking is required?
What exactly are our democracy and free speech adhering mfrs afraid of ? Oh wait a minute, the truth maybe ?
Censorship is unamerican.
Tucker is brave and thoughtful because he is educated and knows how to assess the facts.
If our electorate was objective, they would compare DJTs election platform to his performance and do the same for Biden. We know who was true and who was not.
Idolizing grownups who are not our parents or close personal friends is dangerous.
“ brave and thoughtful because he is educated”?? Only those who have university degrees can be brave and thoughtful? Where did you get such an idea? That is something I have never heard anywhere.
Cannot wait to see the GUARANTEED massive viewer count for the Tucker interview.
People need to know and recall the history there.
Our very own Neocon Warmonger Victoria Nuland was responsible for the regime change in Ukraine in 2014, working for Obama / Biden, and installing our puppet President. Soon Zelensky was installed and began shelling the Russians in the Donbas as the puppet of the USA until Putin finally said ENOUGH.
Nuland was recently in Kyiv giving a speech about the delusion keeping the lost war going.
The couple of Billion Obama/Biden sent to Ukraine essentially used Ukraine for a money laundering operation to send cash back to Hunter Biden’s offshore companies for distribution to the family. Obama now has FIVE multi-million dollar houses bought with his government salary and a few book deals and whatever?
An obviously unconfirmed estimation is that Zelensky and pals have lifted a few hundred million of the hundreds of millions we sent there for their personal accounts, and it is known that Zelensky has bought bolt-hole mansions in Florida and Paris for when he has to bolt to avoid capture.
Anyone who has not read Putin’s speech on his being forced into going into Ukraine needs to read it.
A good prequel if you haven’t seen them would be Oliver Stone’s “The Putin Interviews” which aired on showtime back and 2017 and appear to be available (for now at least) on Paramount+. That was only 6 years ago and there was a bit of backlash then but not full-on hysterics. They’re excellent.
If you wish to understand the entire situation they are invaluable.
Thanks for that reference on Stone’s show. I’m going to watch it, and hadn’t yet heard of it.
Can also watch Stone’s “Ukraine on Fire”
As a director, Stone is a master at crafting a story to the point where you believe it is real even if it isn’t.
Tricky.
Press freedom is a huge deal. So would be hiding behind freedom of the press to intentionally support an anti-US war criminal who interfered in US elections in a huge way (yes, I know we do that too.)
You have to give him the benefit of the doubt up front, but his record is fairly pro-Putin. Putin’s interests here are anti-democratic and counter to the US best interests, so it gets a bit sticky. At what point does it cross the line into anti-US activities?
Beats me, but somewhere there’s a line. I suppose it’s important to simply wait and see what the interview actually is intended to do.
I have no problem with Tucker seeing Putin. Why should I? We have had so many journalists and non-journalists in the past visiting the worst people on the planet to get a story and Tucker is just one of them. I can see the European side too. They have Russia attacking a neighbor just over their border and they feel, they are, directly threatened with violence so they are touchy about it. However Tucker is American and has not violated any our laws or theirs’s from what I know.
I think this interview, which seems to be taking a long time in coming, will turn out to be a letdown. I don’t see what Putin could say to change people’s minds at this point. His actions speak better than his words.
Putin won t tell anything that people like me, not brainwashed by western msm propaganda, didn t know yet since the US’ Maidan coup in 2014….Maybe you can still learn a thing or 2 ? Although fanatics tend to hang on to their delusions, no matter what , even when the truth is plain to see….
Careful. The epiphany may come to the opposite of what you are expecting. That is Putin’s risk. He might not make the impression he wants to make.
Putin is an autocrat. I don’t want to live in Russia.
This still doesn’t change the fact that he shouldn’t be interviewed by the West.
The MSM in the US are propagandists for the neoliberal and neocon philosophy of endless wars and hallowing out the small business, middle and working classes.
Does CNN, the NYT, etc attend his news conferences. Do they report them?
I want to hear what Carlson asks and Putin’s responses too.
Yes, I agree. It is so unfortunate that there are many who would rather live in ignorance than listen to other points of view. Watch CNN for 5 minutes and you realize how quickly journalism in America is dead.
Tucker should stop at London and interview BoJo The Clown about the poor migrants, Nordstream and personally killing the Ukraine-Russia peace deal.
Without actually talking to the other side (Russia, China, Hamas, Iran etc), how does anyone ever expect to achieve peace or any kind of agreement on anything for that matter. It’s like the governments and MSM want us to see all those countries and people as simple hobgoblins who must be put down rather than fellow human beings.
Remember the outcry when Trump stopped in to visit and shake hands with a certain North Korean leader? The world didn’t end then and it won’t end with Tuckers interview. At worst it gets ignored and at best it helps speed up the peace process which is long overdue.
I agree whole-heartedly. Dialogue is essential for opposing views to reach some sort of compromise. President Obama was invited to my former university and there was a big outcry. I did not agree with many of Obama’s policies, but having him on campus gives others a chance to express their differing views to Obama. You need to have an open mind both ways. Just screaming at each other won’t accomplish anything. Too many people preaching to the choir.
How far will the Western World sink. It seems to be accelerating rather than slowing. I still love the United States, but it has gone insane.