Sadly, a Fox News cameraman and a young contract Ukrainian journalist to Fox News have died in Ukraine, killed by Russian soldiers. This unprovoked war on a sovereign democratic nation was ordered by Vladimir Putin. Some American Fox News “journalists,” most notably Tucker Carlson, have praised Putin and given support to the invasion and questioned the validity of Ukraine’s democracy. Carlson knowingly promoted the false conspiracy theory of U.S. biological weapons labs.
Carlson’s falsehoods stand in stark contrast to the brave Russian employee of Moscow’s Channel One Network, Marina Ovsyannikova, who held up a sign on live TV to tell the audience that news on the “special military operation” was a lie and propaganda. She now faces up to 15 years in prison for stating the truth. (For sitting at a desk pontificating on many topics he hasn’t fully researched or is ignorant of Carlson earns about $40 million a year.)If Carlson had half the courage of the Fox cameraman and his Ukrainian colleague, he would be on the front line in Ukraine now, witnessing and reporting on the slaughter of innocent civilians ordered by Putin and the brave fight of an overwhelmed Ukrainian military.
Unfortunately, I suspect he hasn’t the courage to do this; in the unlikely event he did, he would probably spout lies, twisted facts and obfuscations about the tragedy he sees — probably blaming it as Ukraine’s fault and not that of his admired friend in the Kremlin. Meanwhile, Putin’s journalist lackeys in Moscow continue to use clips of Carlson’s pro-Russian statements to support their invasion lies including the supposed culpability of NATO and the U.S., and furthering their mockery of America’s supposed weakness and decline.
— Peter Hanley
Anchorage
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