Notorious former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has conducted an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin – the reason for his visit to Moscow – and said he has requested an interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Notorious former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has conducted an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin – the reason for his visit to Moscow – and said he has requested an interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Source: an announcement by Carlson and video message on tuckercarlson.com; Newsweek

Quote: “We’re in Moscow tonight. We’re here to interview the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin. We’ll be doing that soon.”

Details: Carlson said he had been preparing for the interview with Putin for several months.

The former TV presenter said that it would be posted on his website. He also noted that Elon Musk had promised not to block this interview with Putin on X (Twitter).

  • hamms@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    11 months ago

    Is it possible you’re thinking of that time Jon Stewart was on Tucker Carlson’s show, rather than vice versa?

    • octopus_inkEnglish
      41·
      11 months ago

      No that’s way WAY too recent. I’m talking 90s or very early 00s.

      To be clear, I have made peace with the fact that this is a false memory, but it persists nonetheless. 😀

        • octopus_inkEnglish
          3·
          11 months ago

          Unless they were buddies during that appearance it still doesn’t fit. The reason I thought I might have confused him with Mo Rocca is because my recollection was that he was doing correspondent/skit work for TDS.