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American journalist Tucker Carlson sparked great interaction on social media after he published a video clip in which he announced his intention to conduct an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The clip received 100 million views.

Carlson is a conservative and controversial journalist who is widely popular in the United States. He left Fox News a few months ago to launch his own program on his website and on the X platform.

Carlson said that he seeks to interview Putin because the job of the press is to “inform people,” adding, “Two years after the war that is reshaping the entire world, most Americans do not know anything. We are not here because we love Vladimir Putin, we are here because we love the United States.” "We want it to remain prosperous and free."

He also explained that he requested to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, expressing his hope that he would obtain approval.

But he said that the interviews conducted with the Ukrainian president in the American media deliberately exaggerated Kiev's demand for the United States to intervene more deeply in the war and to pay a price for it.

Not journalism

He added, "This is not journalism, it is government propaganda. Politicians and the media do this, and no Western journalist bothered to interview the president of the other country involved in this conflict."

Later, Carlson announced that the television interview he conducted with Putin would be broadcast on his website this Thursday evening.

Carlson's behavior did not please Western media stars, such as British broadcaster Christiane Amanpour, who responded to him by saying, "Does Tucker really think that we as journalists have not tried to interview President Putin every day since his comprehensive invasion of Ukraine? It is ridiculous. We will continue to ask for an interview, just as we did." For years now."

Carlson not only criticized the media, but he accused the White House of obstructing this interview with Putin, saying, “About 3 years ago, the Biden administration illegally spied on our text messages and then leaked their contents to its servants in the media.”

He added, "They did this in order to stop the Putin interview that we were planning. We are sure that they did the same thing again last month, but this time we came to Moscow anyway."

In turn, the White House, of course, denied this allegation, describing the accusations as ridiculous and ridiculous.

Wide interaction

Social media users reacted to this controversy, as Kevin said, "Journalism has completely died, and how sad it is that we only have a few brave journalists who will not accept orders."

As for Timothy, he said, “Tucker Carlson believes in this interview that he will tell the truth to the world? Rather, he will only convey Putin’s lies. Why does he justify war?”, while Shannon commented, saying, “When you want to see a real journalist, look for Tucker Carlson.”

He added, "He gets straight to the point. He does not embellish anything. He tells the truth, and this scares the left and this administration."

But Simon disagrees and says, “Courage is not justifying a war criminal’s actions or glorifying him by giving him space to speak. Courage is not standing with the victims of the Russian war on Ukraine, journalist.”

Even US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby shared Simon's opinion by saying that what Putin did in Ukraine should be clear to everyone, as well as the imaginary and ridiculous reasons through which he tries to justify his actions.

"This new interview with Putin was not necessary for the American people to realize the brutality of the Russian president," Kirby said.

On the other hand, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov defended Putin's interview with Carlson and said, "His point of view is different from others."

He concluded by saying, "It is not pro-Russian in any way, and it is not pro-Ukraine, it is pro-America, but at least it is radically different from the position of the traditional Anglo-Saxon media."

Source: Al Jazeera