Tucker Carlson’s Interview with Vladimir Putin — A Brief History of the West’s Embrace of Putin

Like many of you, I have been very concerned with the state of disinformation and misinformation when it comes to Russia’s war on Ukraine.

We’ve all heard the claims coming out of disinformation actors: “But Ukraine is infinitely corrupt, how do you know our funds are being used well?” “Zelensky is simply pocketing everything!” “Putin was forced to invade Ukraine because of NATO.”

It is entirely valid to pose questions. It is good to look at the experience Ukrainians have had with corruption and trace how our funds are being used; it’s also good to make sure that a country that was ranked particularly low on the global corruption chart before 2022 is not continuing in that trajectory; and it’s good to look at why NATO exists and how countries become members of the security alliance.

As you know, I have looked at all of these issues extensively. I do not shy away from being critical of Ukraine. I firmly believe that in the pursuit of truth, we must be able to criticize those we consider to be allies, or in our own “camp.”

However, Tucker Carlson’s trip to Mosocw does not fall under that sphere of honest inquiry. Carlson has a history of speech that resembles the propaganda that he is so willing to go and listen to.

One of his latest claims that many seem to have swallowed up is that he is the “only journalist willing to speak to Putin.”