Ahead of Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin clarified that it has rejected past requests from reputable media outlets.

A spokesperson for the Russian government clarified that it has rejected requests to interview Vladimir Putin from reputable media outlets

The Kremlin’s first public response to Tucker Carlson’s announcement that he’s landed an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin was to fact-check the former Fox News host.

On Wednesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Carlson had indeed interviewed Putin, but took issue with Carlson’s claim that “not a single Western journalist has bothered” to interview Russia’s president throughout the nation’s war with Ukraine, which has raged for more than two years.

  • killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Being manipulative requires the intelligence to know how and when to manipulate others.

    Being manipulated requires low intelligence and emotional fragility.

    Tucker was always going to be compromised in that regard.