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(Short Summary Added) BREAKING: EU Wants To Sanction Tucker Carlson Over Vladimir Putin Interview, Per Report [10:23 | Feb 07 2024 | The Hill] (www.youtube.com)

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Tucker Carlson interviews Russian President Vladimir Putin, emphasizing journalists' duty to inform about the Ukraine war and its global impact.

Some praise Carlson for the interview, advocating that everyone has the right to be heard.

CNN’s Christiane Amanpour counters Carlson’s claims, stating journalists have long attempted to interview Putin.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denies Carlson's claim of exclusive access to Putin.

Carlson alleges the Biden Administration hacked his and his company's phones to leak messages and derail the interview.

The video concludes with discussions on the importance of tough questioning in interviews and potential EU sanctions against Carlson.

The speaker discusses COVID, Israel-Palestine, and journalism, highlighting issues like restricted interviews with Putin and pressure on TV shows in Ukraine.

They mention the suppression of pro-Palestinian speech in Europe, particularly Germany, and its impact on journalists.

The concept of access journalism is explored, where journalists may conduct lighter interviews to secure more substantial ones later.

The speaker reflects on their own interview with Dr. Fauci, the trade-offs involved, and invites viewer engagement for upcoming content.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago

Russia has multiple English language media companies and could release their own Putin stuff. Carlson is going to use his billion dollar trust fund to pay for slick editing, a writing team to make leading questions, and generally make Putin approachable. There is no reason for this except to stop US support against Russia. This is propaganda made and paid for by Tucker Carlson.

Tucker is an aspiring traitor who needs to be investigated.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Good.

[+] [email protected] -52 points 9 months ago (5 children)

No bueno, seems too authoritarian to my liking. Censorship is not good for the people.

Jailing people for talking to other people, even if they are powerful, should not be illegal.

I also think whistle blowers should not be jailed, they should be awarded, especially the journalists!

[–] [email protected] 49 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Breathe, dude. Where does it say “censor”? Nowhere.

And free speech isn’t freedom of consequences.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Freedom of Speech does mean freedom from consequences, at least from any government that recognizes that freedom of speech. The phrase, "Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences" refers to the ability of private entities to take negative actions against speakers engaging in free speech, simply because those negative actions were within the private entities' rights all along. For example, the ability of any Lemmy instance to ban anyone they want.

Regardless, speech that is actively harmful, is false, or meets certain other circumstances (depending on which government you're looking at) may not be recognized as covered free speech. Tucker Carlson is probably about to do a bunch of speech that is not covered by freedom of speech, which is why the expected sanctions will be justified.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

The EU does not have the first amendment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

It's not that complicated - Carlson is acting as a propaganda tool for Putin, hence he's sanctioned, which is not censorship.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It also only applies to a government's influence over its own citizens. Carlson is not a citizen of the EU.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

That's why he is getting sanctioned instead of prosecuted.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Censorship is not good for the people.

Oh yes, totally agree. Before this we never heard Putin's perspective. It's not like he has a media empire to get his message out.

This isn't about censorship. This is about lending credence to Putin's actions.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

And profiting from a foreign power that has sanctions against it in the EU (and US btw, I wish our state department could cancel his passport).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nobody gives a shit what you think you crypto fascist fan of fucking scumbags.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What is a crypto fascist?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Someone hiding their fascist beliefs behind things like false concern. They also will keep their beliefs silent while boosting stuff they see as helping them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

This is not just "talking", it's a propaganda business deal with a sanctioned foreign adversary and needs to be treated as such. And Carlson is not a journalist. Literally. He argued that in court.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago

Remember when Fox News successfully argued in court that no one could seriously take Carlson's comments as facts, so he couldn't be sued for lying? This man is not a journalist.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I hope Ukraine drones his ass.

Propagandists are fair game in war, just ask Lord HawHaw.

Also, if you're even remotely comparing Dr. Fauci to Putin, I cannot take anything you say seriously.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's horribad click bait. The EU already announced they aren't going to sanction him just for doing the interview.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago

EU does not have the 1st amendment and they blocked pro-palestine protests, so it is good to hear that sanctions will not happen.

I posted a summary of video so as to let you know what the video is about.

Thanks for the info!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just put Carlson on the Terrorist No Fly list. Let him walk home.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

No thanks. We don’t want him.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

And not a single human being will be negatively impacted by such an action.