Commentary: On the eve of war, Tucker Carlson defended Putin. Now he's backpedaling
by Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times
Feb 24, 2022
3 minutes
The conflict in Ukraine and backpedaling were the main themes of Tucker Carlson's show Thursday after the Fox News host was slammed for defending Russian President Vladimir Putin, and dragging U.S. President Joe Biden, in the lead-up to Russia's invasion of the Eastern European nation.
"I don't think anybody approves of what Putin did yesterday," he said. "I certainly don't."
That wasn't the note he sounded 24 hours earlier, just before tanks rolled over the border between Ukraine and Belarus, bombs detonated, one notable exception emerged: Fox News.
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