by Gregor Spitzen
The interview of Russian leader Vladimir Putin with American journalist Tucker Carlson, as soon as it was announced, immediately produced the effect of a bomb exploding on the US media and the Western European media closely associated with them. "Propagandist!" Trumpist! Loser journalist! Conspiracy theorist! - whatever unflattering epithet was awarded to Tucker in the recent past by his fellow journalists, who never forgave Carlson for his success.