Former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson hosts his own show on Russian TV
Tucker Carlson, an American conservative pundit, political commentator and former Fox News anchor who interviewed Russian leader Vladimir Putin earlier this year, has been hosting his own show on the Russia 24 TV channel since September 2023.
Corrected: Earlier the article said that Carlson started hosting his own show on the Russian 24 channel in May 2024.
However, the InfoLight.UA information portal reports that this show has been aired on Russia 24 since September 2023.
Source: Ukraine’s Institute of Mass Information, citing ura.ru, a Russian propaganda media outlet; "InfoLight.UA" news portal
Details: The new show, called Tucker, is a joint venture by Carlson’s YouTube channel, Carlson TV, and Russia 24.
In the first episode, Carlson discusses ticks and the tick-borne Lyme disease with a panel of experts.
Background:
- On 1 March, Dmitry Peskov, the Russian president’s press secretary, said in a comment about Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin that there are many things Carlson does not understand, but at least he does listen to what Putin has to say.
- On 29 February, Carlson described his impressions of the interview with Putin on a podcast hosted by American journalist Lex Fridman, saying that the Kremlin is trying to demonise Ukrainians by calling them Nazis.
- On 6 February, Carlson announced that he had travelled to Moscow to interview Russian leader Vladimir Putin and said that he had also asked for an interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- During the interview with Carlson on 9 February, Putin claimed that he wanted to "achieve a resolution of the situation in Ukraine through negotiations".
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