{"id":3086,"date":"2023-04-26T11:39:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T16:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2023-04-26T11:39:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T16:39:22","slug":"tucker-carlson-was-fired-on-orders-from-us-govt-say-outraged-russians-tucker-come-work-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=3086","title":{"rendered":"Tucker Carlson was fired on orders from US govt, say \u2018outraged\u2019 Russians: \u2018Tucker, come work with us!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A high-ranking foreign official\u2019s reaction to Tucker Carlson\u2019s departure from Fox News meant one more opportunity for corporate media to try and paint the commentator as a pro-Putin propagandist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/embed.air.tv\/v1\/iframe\/yHajqpXPSDm6hqLyx7yJyA?organization=7jDpHyVnRTqNpv_8qq176g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.air.tv\/v1\/iframe\/yHajqpXPSDm6hqLyx7yJyA?organization=7jDpHyVnRTqNpv_8qq176g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Carlson\u2019s questioning of American involvement in the conflict has resulted in his routinely being labeled a supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin. When members of the United Nations Security Council met at the global organization\u2019s New York Headquarters this week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov\u2019s comments on the former primetime host were ready fodder for CNN\u2019s Erin Burnett to maintain that smear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPerhaps it would be useful to consider how things are with freedom of speech in the United States,\u201d Lavrov was translated as saying during a press conference Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve heard that Tucker Carlson has left Fox News. It\u2019s curious news,\u201d he continued. \u201cWhat is this related to? One can only guess. But, clearly, the wealth of views in the American information space has suffered as a result.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Playing the clip on \u201cOutFront,\u201d Burnett had framed the remark as \u201cunprompted\u201d and proceeded,\u00a0\u201cThat\u2019s the foreign minister for Vladimir Putin, Sergey Lavrov. With all that\u2019s going on here in the United States, coming here, talking about the loss of Tucker Carlson. It\u2019s unbelievable, right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What followed was a series of clips from \u201cTucker Carlson Tonight\u201d edited together without context where the former host first said in Feb. 2022, \u201cIt might be worth asking yourself, since it is getting pretty serious, what is this really about. Why do I hate Putin so much? Has Putin ever called me a racist? Has he threatened to get me fired for disagreeing with him?\u2026Does he eat dogs? These are fair questions, and the answer to all of them is no. Vladimir Putin didn\u2019t do any of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What Burnett didn\u2019t address was that Lavrov\u2019s comments were related to his asserting that the United States has been denying visas to Russian journalists which, when coupled with the revelations from the \u201cTwitter Files\u201d about federal agencies working with corporations to suppress and censor certain stories, opened the door for the foreign minister to take a shot at an apparent erosion of the First Amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, Carlson wasn\u2019t helped any by the fact that Russian propagandists, and even Kremlin-backed Russia Today, were among the wave of job offers said to have been put out with word of his separation from Fox News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the program \u201cSolovyov Live,\u201d Dmitry Drobnitsky exclaimed \u201cOur beloved Tucker Carlson has been fired, it\u2019s a disgrace!\u201d before Vladimir Solovyov himself said, \u201cIt\u2019s a total outrage!\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe main issue is that he started to discuss, in harsh terms, all of the goals that the liberal establishment is pursuing abroad,\u201d Drobnitsky continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFreedom to Tucker Carlson,\u201d Solovyov suggested. \u201cTucker, come work with us! \u2018Solovyov Live\u2019 is waiting for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their conversation had shared the theory that Carlson\u2019s removal was related to Fox News\u2019 settlement of the $1.6 billion lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems for just under $800 million, as well as his coverage of Jan. 6, a point as yet unrefuted by the network that hasn\u2019t elaborated on the reason for parting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/tucker-carlson-was-fired-on-orders-from-us-govt-say-outraged-russians-tucker-come-work-with-us\/\">https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/tucker-carlson-was-fired-on-orders-from-us-govt-say-outraged-russians-tucker-come-work-with-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A high-ranking foreign official\u2019s reaction to Tucker Carlson\u2019s departure from Fox News meant one more opportunity for corporate media to try and paint the commentator as a pro-Putin propagandist. Since Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Carlson\u2019s questioning of American involvement in the conflict has resulted in his routinely being labeled a supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin. When members of the United Nations Security Council met at the global organization\u2019s New York Headquarters this week, Russian Foreign Minister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3088,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086\/revisions\/3088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}