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  • 2022-02-25 (xsd:date)
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  • Were Clips of Tucker Carlson Being Aired on Russian TV? (en)
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  • When Fox News host Tucker Carlson defended Russian President Vladimir Putin on his program, his viewers may not have imagined it would be used by Russian state television to help bolster that country's case for attacking Ukraine. But that is exactly what happened. Carlson spent a number of segments criticizing U.S. President Joe Biden and the Ukrainian government, and then often defending Putin, clips that have become fodder for Russian television. On Feb. 17, 2022, for example, he said: That same clip was aired on Russia 1, a state television channel, with a translation. ORT or Channel 1 Russia, broadcast a clip of Carlson in which he showed U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal telling MSNBC about the need to supply missiles to Ukraine. The clip cuts to Carlson laughing and saying, So that guy, who lied about his own war service, is pretty excited at the thought of Ukrainians fighting and dying in the streets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1KBN4ou4cY&t=2564sEven RT, another Russian-backed television channel, has been using Carlson’s perceived defense of Putin from his Feb. 23 show. RT published an article about him on its website, titled, Tucker Carlson wonders why U.S. elites hate Putin. The article begins with: Tucker Carlson, a popular Fox News host who often questions Washington’s rationale for confronting Russia, has doubled down on his ‘why should I care’ position regarding Ukraine. In the segment, Carlson said: RT compared Carlson’s approach to that of more liberal MSNBC: Earlier this week, pro-Democratic Party channel MSNBC ran a segment that lamented Carlson’s impact on US foreign policy through his ability to whip up isolationist sentiments in the voter base – 'the way he can change the tide for otherwise-fascistic leaders,' as host Alex Wagner put it, referring to Putin and to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The article also pointed out that MSNBC is currently experiencing a drop in viewer numbers after its star host, Rachel Maddow, went on an extended break [and] prefers to invite interviewees such as Republican arch-hawk John Bolton to comment on Ukraine. RT reportedly aired the same clip of Carlson stating the above, with Russian subtitles: On Feb. 23, the Russian Television and Radio channel aired the same clip of Carlson, where he questions American’s hatred of Putin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpWehZQfoxY&t=1485sBut Carlson has been popular on Russian state television even before the invasion. A Jan. 30, 2022, CNN segment looked into Carlson’s presence on Russian channels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvMiuhbh5FsSince his recent clips aired on Russian television, Carlson has toned down his rhetoric, saying on Feb. 24: Russian state media is also reportedly airing clips of former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calling Putin very shrewd, very capable, and adding, I have enormous respect for him. On Mar. 16, 2022, videos from Russian media that we posted here on Feb. 25, are no longer available. However, MSNBC also reported on Carlson's coverage in Russian media on March 14, 2022, saying he was being promoted as much as possible: Given the number of available clips of Russian channels sharing Carlson’s show, we therefore rate this claim as True. Sources: Carlson, Tucker. Americans Have Been Trained to Hate Putin, and Will Suffer Because of It. Fox News, 23 Feb. 2022, https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-hate-putin-americans-suffer. Accessed 25 Feb. 2022. Carlson, Tucker. These Should Be America’s Top Three Goals amid Russia-Ukraine War. Fox News, 24 Feb. 2022, https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-america-top-three-goals-russia-ukraine-war. Accessed 25 Feb. 2022. Carlson, Tucker. What Does Joe Biden’s ‘Russia Is Bad’ Class Teach? Fox News, 17 Feb. 2022, https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-joe-biden-russia-bad. Accessed 25 Feb. 2022. Mackey, Robert. Russian TV Uses Tucker Carlson and Tulsi Gabbard to Sell Putin’s War. The Intercept, 25 Feb. 2022, https://theintercept.com/2022/02/24/russian-tv-uses-tucker-carlson-tulsi-gabbard-sell-putins-war/. Accessed 25 Feb. 2022. On the Eve of War, Tucker Carlson Defended Putin. Now He’s Backpedaling. Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2022, https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-02-24/ukraine-russia-vladimir-putin-tucker-carlson-laura-ingraham-fox-news. Accessed 25 Feb. 2022. Perspective | Now Is the Time to Remember What Fox’s Own Lawyers Said about Tucker Carlson. Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2022. www.washingtonpost.com, https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/02/24/tucker-carlson-ukraine-fox-news-lawyers/. Accessed 25 Feb. 2022. Poniewozik, James. Ukraine on TV: We’ve Seen This Before. And We’ve Never Seen Anything Like It. The New York Times, 25 Feb. 2022. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/arts/television/ukraine-invasion-tv-cnn-fox-news.html. Accessed 25 Feb. 2022. Russian State Media Is Using Tucker Carlson, Mike Pompeo to Bolster Putin’s Moves in Ukraine. The Week, 23 Feb. 2022. https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1010534/russian-state-media-is-using-tucker-carlson-mike-pompeo-to-bolster. Accessed 25 Feb. 2022. Tucker Carlson Wonders Why US Elites Hate Putin. RT International, 23 Feb. 2022. https://www.rt.com/russia/550320-tucker-carlson-putin-hate/. Accessed 25 Feb. 2022. (en)
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