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Margaret Sullivan

Tucker Carlson’s Putin interview wasn’t journalism. It was sycophancy

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‘Carlson’s interests were served, as were Putin’s.’ Photograph: Sputnik/Reuters

The former Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s much touted sit-down with Vladimir Putin was many things.

It was damaging to global democracy, giving ammunition to the craven congressional Republicans who want to do Putin’s bidding by denying aid to Ukraine. It was boring, particularly given the Russian president’s long discourse, early in the two-hour slog, on his version of the history of the region.

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