The Attempted Re-demonization of Russia

The Attempted Re-demonization of Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits an exhibition at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 27, 2023. Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Well, Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin on X, formerly known as Twitter, gained 100 million views in less than 12 hours. Nothing on planet Earth coming from corporate media gains that level of reach. This feels like several turning points at once, not only in Western perceptions of the war between Russia and Ukraine plus the perceptions toward Mr. Putin himself but also in the cultural control by the old media.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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