Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson scrambles to defend his interview with Vladimir Putin after getting hit on stage for softball propaganda while news of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death surfaces days later.
“Just a few days before the announcement of the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Tucker Carlson defended his interview with President Vladimir Putin, saying that “leadership requires killing people”.
The death of Mr Navalny was announced on Friday, 16 February.
On Monday, 12 February, the former Fox News host appeared at the World Government Summit in Dubai. He was interviewed by Egyptian journalist Emad El Din Adeeb, who asked: “Comparing the culture, the competence between Vladimir Putin and [US President Joe] Biden, how do you see the two men now running the world?”
“If this were boxing the fight would be called by the medic,” Carlson said, according to watchdog Media Matters.