Moscow building engulfs in flames as Tucker Carlson-Putin interview releases
By
Jack Birle
February 8, 2024 7:38 pm
A row of residential buildings in Moscow could be seen engulfed in flames at the same time as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson was released.
The fire on the roof of a massive residential building in the Russian capital caused the upper floor of the building to collapse, according to state-owned media outlet Russia Today.
Videos of the emergency response posted to X show firefighters using helicopters attempting to extinguish the inferno. More than 400 people were evacuated from the residential building, according to the news source. The cause of the fire was unclear.
The blaze comes as Carlson released a lengthy interview with Putin, filmed in Moscow earlier this week. Prior to the release of the interview, several media analysts were skeptical over whether Carlson would press the Russian president on human rights matters, among other topics.
If you haven't listening to Tucker's interview yet, or even if you have, here it is with some excellent commentary from James Kaddis. Admittedly, he's really on the ball when it comes to geopolitics.
Tucker & Putin Full Interview With My Live Reaction!
How Putin dominated Tucker Carlson with his body language from the moment his interview began: Vladimir destabilised ex-Fox journalist while thoroughly enjoying himself after ONE trick right at the start
Body language expert has analysed Putin's interview with Tucker Carlson
From the offset, Putin was able to assert his control over the American talk show host, she says, giving him a platform to deliver his Russian propaganda
By CHRIS JEWERS
PUBLISHED: 09:16 EST, 9 February 2024 | UPDATED: 09:42 EST, 9 February 2024
Thursday night saw the release of the most hotly anticipated interview of this year so far: American talk show host Tucker Carlson's questioning of Vladimir Putin.
But if Carlson went into the interview expecting to go toe-to-toe with the former KGB man and hold the Russian despot's feet to the fire, then he was sorely mistaken, according to one body language expert.
Instead, Judi James tells MailOnline, Putin was able to disarm Carlson from the beginning with a simple trick, allowing him to 'control the narrative'.
This handed him a platform to deliver a rambling history lecture, spout off Russian nationalist propaganda and attempt to justify his brutal 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
'With Carlson sitting almost frozen in front of him, Putin used the opportunity of global cameras to deliver a history lecture that lasted nearly two hours,' says James.
Post by ExquisiteGerbil on Feb 16, 2024 2:06:33 GMT -5
Putin Dissatisfied with Tucker Carlson Interview, Points Out Key Detail He Didn't Like
By Jack Davis
February 15, 2024 at 5:16pm
Tucker Carlson’s interview last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin brought out the critics, one of whom is Putin himself.
In a Wednesday interview with Russian state TV, Putin said he expected to win a combat that never took place.
“I honestly thought he would be aggressive and ask so-called sharp questions,” Putin said, according to Politico.
“And I wasn’t just ready for that. I wanted it because it would have given me the opportunity to respond sharply in kind … But he chose a different tactic,” he said.
Putin said Carlson was not as confrontational as he expected, implying he sought such a duel.
“He tried to interrupt me several times, but still, surprisingly for a Western journalist, he turned out to be patient and listened to my lengthy dialogues, especially those related to history, and didn’t give me reason to do what I was ready for,” he said.
“So frankly, I didn’t get complete satisfaction from this interview,” he said.
“He fulfilled his plan, but how meaningful it was in the end is not for me to judge,” Putin said, according to the New Republic.
Some praised Carlson for the interview.
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Others said Putin got to say whatever he wanted.
“It turned out to be anything but an interview. Putin droned on for two hours and seven minutes while Tucker sat there like an eager puppy,” former Fox News colleague Chris Wallace said, according to the Independent.
“A reporter can ask Putin a tough question if he wants a real interview,” Wallace said.
“But apparently that’s not why Tucker went to Moscow. During the Cold War, gullible Westerners who spread Soviet propaganda were dismissed as useful idiots, but calling Tucker that is unfair to useful idiots,” Wallace said.
On his website, Carlson said his intent was not to persuade, but to inform.
“We are not encouraging you to agree with what Putin is saying in this interview. We urge you to watch. Then, as a free citizen and not a slave, you can decide for yourself,” he wrote.
