Millions of people who otherwise wouldn't, seeing the propaganda straight from the leader of the other side, against someone who isna really good interviewer.
Counterpoint: RT, its mirrors, and its contractors exist. Nevermind TASS i linked.
You can get Russian propaganda straight from bloody youtube, it even shows up in my recommendations, after which i report it, and it only sometimes works to get it banned.
So long story short, i fucking wish this idea that westerners can't see Russian propaganda straight from the source, as if there was some value to it, was true, maybe there would be less people sharing your sympathetic views of Russia then.
People should be exposed to both sides of the propagandaz to realize the actual truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
No, the truth my well be north of one side and far west of the other side, not in the middle.
Did truth lie somewhere in the middle in WW2?
That, and a journalist going into potentially hostile territory with a country we are in a proxy war with to interview their leader, is just a big deal on principle. You can't pretend it isn't.
There's a reason why in Vietnam it was Jane Fonda touring North Vietnam, not some anti-communist actor.
Likewise, in Cold War the truth also did not lie somewhere in the middle.
Come on, that goes into bullshit territory from you. Since years Russian state propaganda willingly put clips and translations from him on their channels. He is certainly aware of that. "Potentially hostile" my ass.
He's not some rando being judged by his citizenship, the media and government of Russia know well of his sympathetic to them views since a long time.
If Carlson wants to show journalistic courage he should go interview some victims of Russian "filtration camps" in Ukraine and repeat his Russia simping straight to their faces, on live TV.