Tucker Carlson interviewed Putin. How is the media covering the story?

[KARAH RUCKER]
BY NOW – YOU LIKELY KNOW TUCKER CARLSON INTERVIEWED RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.

YOU PROBABLY KNOW IT WAS THE FIRST TIME PUTIN AGREED TO SIT DOWN WITH ANY MEMBER OF THE WESTERN MEDIA SINCE THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR BEGAN.

IT’S AN INTERVIEW GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION –

BUT WITH DIFFERENT TAKEAWAYS DEPENDING ON THE MEDIA OUTLET REPORTING IT.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS STORY –

WE’RE GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW THE MEDIA IS TALKING ABOUT TUCKER’S INTERVIEW.

WHAT MOMENTS HEADLINES ARE HIGHLIGHTING.

AND WHAT THEY ARE CRITICIZING.

THE FOCUS OF COVERAGE – SHIFTING FROM HEADLINE TO HEADLINE.

ONE OF THE COMMON THEMES THROUGHOUT THE INTERVIEW –

WAS PUTIN POINTING AT UKRAINE FOR FAILED NEGOTIATION TALKS.

AND CLAIMING THE U.S. AND BRITAIN HAD INFLUENCE OVER UKRAINE’S DECISION TO PUT AN END TO THEM.

PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA STILL HAS THAT LINE OPEN.

THIS WAS THE FOCUS OF SEVERAL OUTLETS COVERAGE OF THE INTERVIEW.

THE HILL – PUTIN OPEN TO NEGOTIATING.

THE NEW YORK TIMES – PUTIN CALLS ON THE US TO NEGOTIATE.

NEWSWEEK – ‘PUTIN TELLS TUCKER THAT ZELENSKY HAS THE POWER TO BRING PEACE’

ANOTHER EXCHANGE GETTING A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTION.

WHEN TUCKER CARLSON ASKED PUTIN ABOUT JOURNALIST EVAN GERSHKOVICH DETAINED IN RUSSIA.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL – THE OUTLET GERSHKOVICH WORKS FOR –

‘PUTIN SAYS HE IS OPEN TO EXCHANGE’

CBS NEWS – PUTIN SIGNALS HE’S OPEN TO PRISONER SWAP.

SKY NEWS – TUCKER GRILLS PUTIN ABOUT IMPRISONED JOURNALIST

WHILE SOME HEADLINES CENTERED AROUND WHAT WAS SAID DURING THE INTERVIEW –

OTHERS FOCUSED ON THE INTERVIEWER. 

TUCKER CARLSON.

THE FIRST 30 MINUTES OF THE INTERVIEW –

IT’S LARGELY PUTIN GIVING A HISTORY LESSON OF RUSSIA DATING BACK TO THE 8TH CENTURY.

MEANT TO PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR WHY RUSSIA BELIEVES IT HAS A CLAIM TO PORTIONS OF UKRAINE.

BUT IT WAS UNORTHODOX – AND TUCKER – ADMITS HE WAS ANNOYED AND INTERRUPTED PUTIN AND PUTIN INTERRUPTED BACK.

THIS WAS PICKED UP ON BY THE MEDIA.

THE WASHINGTON POST – PUTIN, IN RAMBLING INTERVIEW, BARELY LETS TUCKER GET A WORD IN.

BBC – PUTIN TAKES CHARGE AS TV HOST GIVES FREE REIN.

THE DAILY BEAST – PUTIN NEARLY BORES TUCKER TO DEATH WITH TWO HOUR HISTORY LESSON.

TUCKER LARGELY GOT PRAISE FROM THE MEDIA FOR THE PORTION OF HIS INTERVIEW PRESSING PUTIN ON THE RELEASE OF GERSHKOVICH.

BUT OTHER OUTLETS DIDN’T SHY AWAY FROM CRITICIZING THE INTERVIEW IN ITS ENTIRETY. 

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. PUTIN USES TUCKER INTERVIEW TO PRESS HIS UKRAINE NARRATIVE.

BUSINESS INSIDER. PUTIN LIKELY CHOSE CARLSON BECAUSE OF HIS IGNORANCE OF RUSSIA AND IT SHOWED.

CNN – PUTIN WALKS AWAY WITH PROPAGANDA VICTORY AFTER TUCKER’S SOFTBALL INTERVIEW.

TUCKER’S INTERVIEW IS A CONTROVERSIAL ONE.

SCOURING THE INTERNET – THERE ARE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AND SPLIT OPINIONS.

HOW MUCH PUTIN TOLD THE TRUTH.

HOW MUCH AMERICA SHOULD BE INVOLVED.

IT’S A MAJOR STORY.

AND A MAJOR WAR – NEARING ITS TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY.