I don’t think Tucker Carlson is actually on Putin’s payroll, but I’m hard pressed to think of any way he’d behave differently if he were. https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tucker-carlson-accuses-volodymyr-zelensky-waging-war-against-christianity
Tucker Carlson accuses Volodymyr Zelensky of waging a "war against Christianity"

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@normative Tucker is a classic example of a Useful Idiot.
@normative “Why the gays made me support the proto-fascists” - Tucker C
@normative @ncweaver I only ever see him in these screenshots, and his facial expression is always identical. Botox?
@normative This is something I'm really curious about, what is his motivation to peddle Russian propaganda? Is it simply because he's cleverly selling the opinions of his viewers back to them, or is it more than that?
@normative How do you know he's not though?