Jimmy Kimmel pointed out how Tucker Carlson is using Russian propaganda to defend his interview with Putin.
Kimmel said: “Tucker Carlson doesn’t have a job yet. He is in Moscow. House hunting, I hope. But no, Tucker is actually there to interview Vladimir Putin, which is flat-out ridiculous. He posted a preemptive video to nervously “explain” why he’s doing it. Vladimir Putin is a murderer and war criminal who hates America. He hates everything America stands for. He is a liar and a propagandist, but Tuck thinks we just have to listen to him: “No Western journalist has bothered to interview the president of the other country involved in this conflict, Vladimir Putin.”
Kimmel added: “I love” Involved in this conflict. It’s like saying that in Jaws the great white shark was “in on the bite.” It takes two to eat.
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Why did one of the most direct calls about what Tucker Carlson is doing come from a late-night comedian instead of all of America’s major corporate media?
Every media outlet should condemn what Tucker Carlson did and pledge not to give his interview with Putin a second of airtime so that Putin can spread his lies and disinformation in an attempt to undermine and exploit political divisions in the United United.
Tucker Carlson is a Putin propagandist, and it’s time for the people of the United States to tell Russia that they can keep Carlson and not send him back.
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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a member of the White House press pool and a congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a bachelor’s degree in political science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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