Former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson launches new show on Russian TV
Pravda Ukraine
Tucker Carlson, an American conservative pundit, political commentator and former Fox News anchor who interviewed Russian leader Vladimir Putin earlier this year, launched his own show on Russia 24 (Rossiya 24), a state-owned Russian TV channel.
Source: Ukraine’s Institute of Mass Information, citing ura.ru, a Russian propaganda media outlet
Details: The new show, called Tucker, is a joint venture by Carlson’s YouTube channel, Carlson TV, and Russia 24.
In the first episode, Carlson discusses ticks and the tick-borne Lyme disease with a panel of experts.
Background:
- On 1 March, Dmitry Peskov, the Russian president’s press secretary, said in a comment about Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin that there are many things Carlson does not understand, but at least he does listen to what Putin has to say.
- On 29 February, Carlson described his impressions of the interview with Putin on a podcast hosted by American journalist Lex Fridman, saying that the Kremlin is trying to demonise Ukrainians by calling them Nazis.
- On 6 February, Carlson announced that he had travelled to Moscow to interview Russian leader Vladimir Putin and said that he had also asked for an interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- During the interview with Carlson on 9 February, Putin claimed that he wanted to “achieve a resolution of the situation in Ukraine through negotiations”.
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