I watched part, about a half hour, of the Carlson interview of Putin.
The bit I watched went exactly as I suspected.
I don't like Carlson, he annoys me, but in this interview he did exactly what an interviewer should: He allowed his interviewee to talk. If you want, to hang himself.
It is not for an interviewer to question the answers, just prompt the interviewee enough to continue. Analysis can (and should) come later.
The big problem was that Putin came across far better than any of his Western adversaries. (Imagine Joe being allowed to ramble.) He didn't hang himself.
That is a big problem for the Western media because, to them, Putin must be portrayed negatively. Nothing else will do.
So every Tom, Dick and brain-dead Fred are now picking holes, not in Putin, but in Carlson for allowing Putin to talk.
For not doing what they constantly do - fucking interviews up by pushing opinion rather than attempting to extract opinion.
Good on Carlson.
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