mookiemcgee wrote:pmac666 wrote:mookiemcgee wrote:Suppression of Western interviews of Putin has been a thing for as long as I can remember, but Tucker Carlson has no credibility to me.
I LOVED 'The Putin Interviews' by Oliver Stone, it from like 8-10 years ago but is still extremely relevant. Totally worth a watch if anyone hasn't.
Idk if thats availaible somewhere but when you come across Armin Wolfs interview with Putin for austrian TV, i recommend that. Think that was the last big one Putin made before the war. And Wolf was very good.
I will check it out!pmac666 wrote:Havent seen that but wasnt Stone heavily criticised for that being way too Putin sided?
Yes he was, and obviously it's a tricky balance but I think if Oprah Winfrey interviewed Putin the western media would claim it was too pro Putin. In my view he got access to someone we rarely hear from in the west, and actually asked deep meaningful questions and got answers that really got at the core of how Putin/Russia see the world.
The fact that an interview (or any other platform of public expression) is now assumed to be slanted propaganda just because ideas and viewpoints are expressed shows how deplorably blind and prejudiced human comrehension has become. The more one judges, condemns, or advocates, the less one truly perceives.