Tucker Carlson, star host of the American right, visits Moscow, Russia to interview President Vladimir Putin.
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Several questions arise regarding an interview of this kind, most notably why would the former Fox News host go to the Russian capital, and especially why would Putin make the decision to welcome him when nothing is the result of chance in the world of Russia? president.
“Vladimir Putin knows very well that an outspoken member of the American electorate and the American political class would want to stop funding Ukraine,” says Guillaume Lavoie, an associate member of Raoul Dandurand’s presidency.
“So Tucker Carlson became his spokesman essentially because, let's make no mistake, he describes himself as a journalist, but — and this is not because he's on the right or on the left — “there's not an ounce of intellectual honesty that should be rubbed together,” he explains.
Mr. Carlson is “a very effective spokesman for a version of populism designed to generate clicks,” the political analyst says.
However, many on social media pointed out that Barbara Walters, a journalist who worked for ABC News, a media outlet often associated with the American left, had interviewed Vladimir Putin.
Thus, critics point out, these types of interviews will be acceptable when the left organizes them, while the right will be condemned when they produce them.
However, Mr. Lavoie stresses that “it is not a question of left-wing or right-wing ideology.”
“The challenge is what kinds of questions are we going to ask so we can give the runner a chance, but don't expect very tough questions from Tucker Carlson,” he posits.
“He said from the beginning that Vladimir Putin never betrayed him, unlike the American leadership.”
***Watch the interview with Guillaume Lavoie in the video above***
