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The volume of vitriol poured on American journalist Tucker Carlson by Western media and politicians was something to behold.
Carlson traveled to Moscow to conduct an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The interview consisted of a full uncut exchange involving dozens of questions that lasted for more than two hours. It was aired on Carlson's website and other social media platforms.
In the hours leading up to the interview, the former Fox News host was pummeled by the political and media establishment in the United States and Europe.
Their reaction was nasty and hysterical. Carlson was denounced as a "traitor" and a "useful idiot". There were calls for him to be arrested on returning to the U.S. and also to be banned from traveling to the European Union.A telling reaction, too, was that after the interview was published,
the Western media and politicians tended to ignore the event as if it did not happen.Ironically, though, despite the concerted effort to suppress it, the interview has exploded with eager public viewing around the world. Within hours of airing,
the interview had been seen by an estimated 100 million people. It will continue to gather millions of more viewers over the coming weeks.
An amusing aside is the scale of viewer figures far eclipses those of the Western media outlets that were vilifying Carlson over his encounter with Putin. Yet these marginal media outlets (one can hardly call them "mainstream" any longer due to their diminishing audience ratings) presume to deem what the majority of people should or should not watch. They include the likes of CNN, the BBC, the
New York Times, the
Guardian, and so on. Presstitutes all, as American writer Gerald Celente inimitably labeled them.
There are several conclusions to draw. One is the insidious malign control - or at least attempted control - of communication, views, and narrative by Western states and their media.
Comment: Tucker has confirmed his interview will be released on February 8th at 6PM EST. More from RT: