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“Are we having a talkshow or a serious conversation?” Vladimir Putin asked Tucker Carlson at the start of their interview on Thursday. By the end of the two-hour conversation, the answer was clear: neither. Instead, viewers got a lesson in Russian history, going all the way back to Prince Rurik – a Scandinavian who came and dished out a good kicking in the region in 862 – and taking in the reign of Yaroslav the Wise, the circa-1300 threat of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Russia going to war with Poland in the mid-1600s. -snip- “So that you don’t...

Vladimir Putin once again appeared to be unable to control a twitchy leg during his lengthy interview with US right-wing journalist Tucker Carlson earlier this week. The Russian president spent half an hour of the sit-down chat on an almost uninterrupted ramble covering 1,200 years of Eastern European history. But some viewers were distracted by his apparent need to physically push down his knee to prevent his leg from moving around. It’s been an odd habit of Putin’s for a while – stretching back at least as far as September 2022, when the appendage started twitching during a speech in...

Russian President Vladimir Putin spent the first 30 minutes of his two-hour-long interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson giving a revisionist historical tirade on the founding myths of Russia and Ukraine, the breakup of the Soviet Union and NATO expansionism. From there, admonishing Carlson when he interrupted, Putin pontificated on everything from the war in Ukraine and relations with the United States, the case of imprisoned American reporter Evan Gershkovich, and even on artificial intelligence. By the end of the conversation, it was clear that Putin had no intention of ending his brutal war against Ukraine. But Carlson,...

Hillary Clinton reacted to conservative commentator Tucker Carlson’s recent announcement that he had secured an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling the former Fox News pundit a “useful idiot” In an interview with MSNBC’s Alex Wagner, the former first lady appeared unsurprised by the news and highlighted comments made previously by Carlson about the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Supporters of Russian President Vladimir Putin are suggesting that his upcoming interview with Tucker Carlson could trigger a 'civil war' in the US. Carlson, who confirmed he'll be chatting with Putin soon, said it's his "duty" to keep the public informed about the Ukraine war. Pro-Putin broadcasters have praised Carlson's decision to interview Putin, hinting it could cause internal conflict in the US. One Russian TV commentator exclaimed: "God willing, there will be a civil war!" Political scientist Sergey Mikheyev told Russia-1: "If Tucker dares to broadcast this interview in the US, first and foremost, this will blow up their...

Tucker Carlson has announced he'll be interviewing Vladimir Putin soon in a video designed to garner attention for the effort. But like a lot of things Carlson says these days, some of it is pure and obvious bunk. Take for instance his claim about being the first western journalist to bother interviewing Putin.Speaking of western countries take on the war in Ukraine Carlson said, "Their media outlets are corrupt. They lie to their readers and viewers and they do that mostly by omission." (snip) Having established that it's bad for media outlets to lie to their viewers by omission and...

Tucker Carlson heaped praise on Moscow during an off-the cuff chat with a Russian journalist while he's in the city for his controversial interview with the country's President Vladimir Putin. On Wednesday morning, Russian state news agency TASS confirmed with the Kremlin that the interview has already taken place - it will be the first with an American journalist since 2021. Russian leader’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that it will be released as soon as it's 'prepared', while TASS said it will likely be uploaded to Carlson's website and X account.

President Vladimir Putin granted an interview to U.S. television host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday, the Kremlin said, his first to an American journalist since before Russia's invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago. -snip- The interview is likely to be aired on Thursday, Russia's TASS news agency said, citing reports by the Wall Street Journal

Click on the link to hear Tucker Carlson explain on X "Why I'm Interviewing Vladimir Putin." The video is about 4-1/2 minutes.

In September, 1934, William Randolph Hearst, the most famous journalist and publisher in the world, visited Berlin and interviewed Adolf Hitler. At the time, Hearst admired Hitler, and was rather taken aback when the Fuhrer asked why he was so ‘misunderstood’ in the English-language press. Hearst replied that Americans love democracy and distrusted dictatorships, to which Hitler answered that he had been democratically elected by a vast majority of Germans. Hearst then said that Americans were concerned about the treatment of a certain unnamed minority. Hitler duly pointed out that Americans had mistreated Native Indian tribes and assured Hearst that...

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's visit to Moscow has received near-constant coverage in Russia's state media, amid speculation that he may interview President Vladimir Putin. Social media has also been awash with images of him visiting sites around Moscow, as his every move is followed. The conservative journalist has been an outspoken defender of Mr Putin. -snip- Breaking news Telegram channel Mash was the first to report that Carlson had arrived in the Russian capital, posting a photo of him boarding a flight from Istanbul, and another of him reportedly visiting Moscow's famous Bolshoi Theatre to watch the ballet...

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to Moscow, according to a report online. -snip- "As far as I understand, Tucker Carlson got what he wanted," posted Venediktov on Tuesday in Russian. The post was shared by The Financial Times' Moscow bureau chief, Max Seddon, who wrote: "Russian journalistic gadfly Alexei Venediktov says Tucker Carlson has indeed interviewed Vladimir Putin while in Moscow." -snip- Carlson was the host of Tucker Carlson Tonight from 2016 to 2023 before he was fired by the network in April 2023 with no official explanation given. He had...

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Robert F Kennedy has expressed his support of a potential sit-down between Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin. 'The legacy media is in shambles because we’ve caught onto their lies and propaganda. Tucker Carlson has every right to interview Putin,' the third-Party presidential candidate said on Sunday. 'We need more transparency instead of less. It used to be understood journalists would interview world leaders, even those with whom we were at war.' Kennedy's post on X comes amid ongoing speculation that Carlson may become the first Westerner to interview the Russian despot during the war in Ukraine. Russian state media fueled...

President Biden will not sit with CBS News for an interview before next Sunday’s Super Bowl, the network said. The White House declined the network’s request for an interview with the president before the big game, which will air at 6:30 p.m. EST. The Super Bowl is expected to be watched by tens of millions of people around the world. It will be the second consecutive year Biden has not sat for an interview with the network broadcasting the game, a practice that had become somewhat regular tradition in recent years.

The White House has declined CBS News‘ request for a sit down interview with President Joe Biden tied to the Super Bowl, the network confirmed. This will mark the second year in a row that the White House has bypassed an interview with the Super Bowl host network, which had become annual tradition for administrations given that the event reaches such a huge audience. CBS has the rights to the Feb. 11 event between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. Last year, the White House declined a Fox News request for an interview when Fox had the...

During an interview by Israeli journalist Omri Assenheim with an IDF company commander in the Gaza Strip, forces in the area encountered a gunbattle with terrorists, and the interview was halted. Assenheim wrote in a post on X: "Company commander Nadav Tiberg offered us to conduct the interview inside a nearby building. I told him that it would look good if we conducted it in the middle of the road in Daraj Tufah. The silence misled us." He recounts the frightening moments: "Five minutes into the interview, terrorists came out and opened fire next to us. And then another. And...

He only takes “soft serve” questions. President Biden stumbled in his latest interview when asked about what food he likes — with first lady Jill Biden prodding the 81-year-old commander in chief to remind him he enjoys ice cream. “I’m curious, what sorts of holiday foods have you been enjoying over the last few days?” former “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest asked the president for ABC’s Sunday night New Year’s Eve programming.

It's ironic but the Son of Hamas, @MosabHasanYOSEF, feels at home with the Jewish people. He risks his life every day to leave the evil performed by Hamas. We discuss his relationship with his father and his love for Israel & the Jewish people. TIMESTAMPS: (1:41) Mosab's childhood in the West Bank (4:52) Time in Israeli prison & Hamas brutality (6:40) Does Hamas know they are evil? (10:40) The Scariest moment of my life (12:46) I Am Just Like You (17:20) The ONLY person to work for both sides (25:00) Why Mosab bows to soldiers going into Gaza (29:18) Disowning...

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