The Lesson of Tucker Carlson’s Vladimir Putin Interview for Independent Journalism
By Paul Ingrassia
The significance of Tucker Carlson’s interview last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot be overstated – and spans beyond just the immediate geopolitical crisis in Eastern Europe, the long-term sustainability of NATO, or even Russian-American relations more broadly.
At its core, Carlson has at this stage of his career transformed into something of an evangelist for the true meaning of freedom of the press. In saner times, no serious journalist would make the unsophisticated assumption that merely looking to sit-down for an interview with the President of a major superpower and trading partner constituted an act of treason, as so many talking heads on MSNBC, CNN, and the New York Times Editorial Page want you to think.
