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Agitator & Putin hawara: Who is Tucker Carlson?

US media figure Tucker Carlson interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin.(Bild: picturedesk 2x Krone KREATIV,)

With his interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US journalist Tucker Carlson, former superstar of the right-wing US channel Fox News, has landed a highly controversial coup. But who is the man offering the Kremlin leader a stage in the midst of the war of aggression in Ukraine? Krone+ has investigated.

The career of Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson can be split into two major chapters: before and after Donald Trump. For many years, the now 54-year-old was a riotous presenter, commentator and writer in the arch-conservative US media landscape: a well-known TV face with niche appeal, but definitely not a big star.