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.
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Putin’s refusal to sit down with most Western media outlets likely has less to do with accusations of bias so much as an unwillingness to be subjected to legitimate scrutiny of his government. Russia has been accused of committing atrocities and war crimes in its offensive against Ukraine, including the unlawful executions of civilians. Putin’s government is also infamous for its frequent detainment of political rivals and critics, as well as the cloud of mysterious deaths and poisonings of those in his orbit.
Whether Carlson will question Putin on any of these matters remains to be seen. The former Fox News host’s history of granting softball interviews to controversial influencers, political figures, and authoritarian leaders, indicates this is unlikely. Given everything we know about Putin’s propaganda machine, it’s clear that in Carlson, the Russian government sees a safe opportunity to broadcast its carefully crafted messaging to American viewers.
I wish Hunter S Thompson was still alive and could write a bit in his RS column about this…
I wish people would stop glorifying that guy. He was an addict, a drunk, abusive, a sexual abuser and creep.
Sure, but at least he would admit all that and was on the side of the people. You don’t have to be a perfect human being to shine light on bullshit and injustice.
Philip K Dick was a douchebag but his art was honest and very thought invoking. I love the way some people’s ideas and presentation makes me consider hard subjects.
Hunter S Thompson was a nightmare of a person. Can you imagine being in his cross hairs when he’s fuckin lit? But even when he’s seeing lizard people fucking each other in a Vegas Bar or having a lucid moment in the middle of a flooded hotel room and everywhere he looks he’s describing the extent of a 1960s drug experience. It’s absolutely fascinating! I don’t do drugs but how else would I get an honest experience except from someone who is intellectually honest with himself and his writing?
Would I want to hang out with either of those guys or Hemingway or any of those people with difficult histories? Probably not. Would I spend hours and hours experiencing the world through the lens of their world? Fuckin right I would.
Nobody is perfect. Quit expecting it. All your heroes have a major personality flaw. It’s human.
That’s some crazy waving away of someone’s crimes to justify liking them. I mean Noam Chomsky was great for me too until I found out about him and Epstein. Now I don’t really care what he says.
Or Polanski, great movies? I’ll never know cause I refuse to watch anything he puts out.
Waving away people’s awfulness cause they made art is how you end up with people like Victor Salva, a guy who was convicted of repeatedly raping his 12 year old child star, and after he gets out, he’s given more directing jobs and people praising his movies.
Polanski made some very good films with lots of people who did amazing performances. Your argument is weak and doesn’t deal with all the other people involved. Polanski should have gone to jail and I am not going to defend him personally but he didn’t make porn with children so his professional endeavors can be judged for themselves. He is a coward and disgusting but he also is a pretty good example of men of his generation.
The sexual assault charges against him were dropped due to a lack of evidence.
I won’t deny that he was a drunk and a junkie, but the evidence that he was also a predator seems… slim.
I can’t find any other instances of him being accused of being a creep. On the other hand, fake sexual assault reports aren’t common. I dunno, man.