In the email sent to subscribers to Tucker Carlson Network (TCN) the popular talk show host included the following disclaimer:
We interviewed the President of Iran. Here’s Why.
“American citizens have the constitutional right, and the God-given right to all the information they can gather about matters that affect them. If their country is doing something with their money, in their name, they have a right—an absolute right—to know as much about it as they can. And that would include hearing from the people they’re fighting.
“Now, can you believe everything you hear from the President of Iran? Probably not. But that’s not the point. The point is, you should be able to decide for yourself whether you believe it or not. And keep in mind that anyone who seeks to deny you that right is not your ally, but your enemy.
“By the way, we have also put in, for the third time in the last several months, an interview request with the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, and we hope he accepts that….”
The already-over-11k comments on the YouTube posting of the interview say things like: “Dear NYT, Washington Post, BBC, Fox News, and CNN, this is what we call actual journalism.” “Wait, you can do this? Actually interview someone instead of just being told what Israel tells us?” “My wife’s cancer doctor was Iranian and after 15 hr. surgery is cancer free since 2011.”
“Israel on my shit list USS Liberty,” etc.
Carlson begins the interview by noting the “pause” in the war between Iran and the United States, and asks President Pezeshkian how he’d like to see it end.
