A Reaction To Tucker Carlson Appearing In Moscow.

Hey everyone!

I’ve just finished translating an excellent Twitter thread written by a Ukrainian journalist Olena Removska as a reaction to Tucker Carlson’s statement from Moscow. He is allegedly planning to interview putin.
I hope you find this analysis helpful. If you’d like to share it on Twitter - here are the versions in English and the original Ukrainian.

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“And now, a purely subjective thread about what narratives I have identified for myself in Carlson's statement, because it is very skillfully composed:

"Obviously, there're risks in conducting such an interview. So we've been thinking about it carefully for many months." - Tucker Carlson, a US citizen, wasn't afraid to come to Moscow. He also isn't afraid of the consequences of an interview with putin for himself in the US.

“Why are we doing this? First of all, this is our job. We are in journalism. Our duty is to inform people.” But most Americans, Carlson says, know nothing about the war between russia and Ukraine. So he will tell them. (Or rather, putin will tell them.)

Americans, "however, should know about this war because they are largely the ones paying for it."

The russian-Ukrainian war, Carlson says, has not only killed the younger generation of Ukrainians, but has also affected the global economy. Specifically, it's undermined the economic order that emerged in the post-World War II world and guaranteed the prosperity of the West.

At the same time, Carlson says, the dominance of the US dollar in the world is coming apart very fast.

All this "will determine the lives of our grandchildren." So, you see: "the war in Ukraine" (not “russia's war against Ukraine” or even “the russian-Ukrainian war”) threatens the younger generation of Americans. According to Tucker Carlson.

He notes the population of Asia and the Middle East, which allegedly understands all the threats well, while the English-speaking world, on the contrary, allegedly lives in complete misunderstanding. Why? Because, according to Carlson, no one has told them the truth.

(Let me remind that Carlson is probably the most popular media personality in the world today, spreading various conspiracy theories. He promoted the version it was Ukraine that blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant; he talked about
“American biolabs" in Ukraine.)

Accordingly, in this statement, he also emphasizes that Americans do not know the truth because the mainstream media are "corrupt" and engaged in "government propaganda." Anyone who has ever talked to supporters of conspiracy theories has heard similar arguments.

Carlson also says that over the past 2 years, the American media have conducted dozens of interviews with people from Ukraine, including President Zelensky. But they aren't real interviews, as their goal is to drag the US into a war in Eastern Europe and make pay for it.

This, Carlson says, is not journalism, but government propaganda, which is also “killing people”.

Separately, Tucker Carlson emphasized that he had sent an interview request to Zelensky and hoped for him to consider it.

Let me remind you that Carlson is now, essentially, a blogger. He has his own website and also records video comments for his page on the social network X.

“Not a single Western journalist's cared to interview the president of another country in this conflict, vladimir putin." How do we know this for sure? E.g., how many requests from Western journalists for an interview with putin have gone unanswered over the past 2 years?

Most Americans have no idea why putin invaded Ukraine or what his goals are now." Didn't putin himself say why he invaded Ukraine? And he did so repeatedly.

"They have never heard his voice". Hmm, and whose problem is that? Is it difficult to listen to Putin on YouTube?

Americans, Carlson says, have a right to know - and he will inform them about it. Because he is American too. So, in theory, he is supposed to be on the same side as them.

Carlson claims that 3 years ago, the Biden administration allegedly prevented him from recording an interview with Putin. This time, Carlson says, they did not succeed - he is in Moscow.

"We are not here because we love vladimir putin, we are here as we love the United States." There is nothing to comment on here. All of this is in the interests of the United States and Americans. Not Tucker Carlson at all. (I won't spread conspiracy theories as to whose interests this is in.

Carlson emphasizes that there will be no charge for access to the interview, and Elon Musk has even promised not to restrict or block this interview once it is uploaded to social network X.

But Western governments, Carlson says, will definitely try to censor this interview. Because they are "afraid of information they cannot control”.

Watch it and decide what you think about it, Carlson says, "as a citizen, not as a slave.”

This statement, in my subjective opinion, is intended solely for Tucker Carlson's audience - which is, apparently, enough for him. Meanwhile, I'm going to watch this interview too. Do you promise "journalism", Tucker? Go ahead, we're all waiting."