Recently, the well-known American journalist Tucker Carlson conducted an exclusive interview with Putin in Moscow for more than 2 hours, and then he posted the full interview on the social media platform, causing a global sensation.
After Carlson's release was released, it had more than 20 million views in just two hours. According to Russian media statistics, Putin's interviews with American journalists in various languages have been interviewed about 1 billion times in global information sources, which is the most historic and successful interview in history.
Putin talked a lot in this interview, and the Russia-Ukraine issue is undoubtedly the main content, including the history of Russia and Ukraine, how the Soviet leadership created Ukraine, NATO's eastward expansion, the West's color revolution in Ukraine, the deterioration of Russian-Ukrainian relations, and the reasons for Russia's special military operation.
After the release of Carlson's interview with Putin, it caused strong discontent among Americans who care about politics, and some even called him a traitor. U.S. Congressman Green said the U.S. is afraid of Carlson meeting Putin because Americans would "hear the truth" from someone like Carlson. And the former colleagues of Congressman Kinzinger called Carlson a traitor because of his visit to Moscow.
Carlson's interview with Putin caused a global sensation, so why was Carlson interviewing Putin and not someone else?
Carlson, a dissident
Born in San Francisco in 1969, Carlson is an American political commentator, television host, and author. His father's name was Richard Carlson, a diplomat and journalist; Her mother's name was Lisa McNeill and she was a painter.
Carlson began his career in mainstream journalism at The Standard and has worked with CNN, PBS, MSNBC, and others, but made a name for himself as a Fox News host.
However, because of his outspoken criticism of U.S. economic and national policies, such as opposing the war in Iraq, overthrowing Assad in Syria, and providing military aid to Israel, his talk show was banned, and he was fired from Fox News.
After Carlson left Fox News, he began to independently produce evening shows and posted them on social media platforms, which were very popular with viewers.
Friendly attitude towards Russia
The US attitude toward Russia is confrontational and even hostile, and this is also the main tone of US policy toward Russia. But Carlson doesn't think so, he has his own position, and he never hides his affection for Putin on TV shows. Carlson was opposed to anti-Russian rhetoric in the United States, arguing that American intelligence supported the Kremlin and Russian hacker myths about ** in order to "tighten the screws" and control people.
Even after Russia's military action in Ukraine, Carlson believes that Russia is doing so for good reason. It can be seen from this that Carlson is friendly in his attitude toward Russia.
We know that the West's ** is controlled by some big capital groups, and they don't allow some different voices or voices that are not favorable to the authorities to appear, which is why Carlson was fired by Fox News.
It is precisely because Carlson is one of the few reporters and hosts in the US press circles who has a friendly attitude towards Russia that this is also an important reason why he was able to interview Putin. Russia also wants to take this opportunity to publicize its position, policies, and ideas to the world, and even to clarify some misunderstandings that the outside world has about it. As a result, the two sides hit it off.
Carlson said that the US authorities banned him from flying to Moscow for interviews. However, he still went, conducted an exclusive interview with Putin, and posted the interview on social **, which will inevitably cause a global sensation and dissatisfaction among American politicians.
Former British Prime Minister Johnson immediately jumped out and appealed: "Don't believe this ridiculous interview." ”
White House Coordinator Kirby directly called on everyone not to watch Carlson's interview with Putin.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sarcastically said, "He's like a puppy......."He has already been fired by a lot of ** in the United States, but for Russia he is a useful fool. ”
Judging by the statements of Western political circles, it is clear that Carlson's interview with Putin touched their nerves and made them feel frightened and uneasy.
But for Carlson and Putin, the interview was undoubtedly very successful, and the discontent of the West is the best confirmation of this.