Newsweek has been busted for publishing a fake news story about Tucker Carlson, claiming he had made a deal with Russian state television.
Their tweet is still online.
Tucker Carlson launches program on Russian state television https://t.co/5hvYjqcvuj pic.twitter.com/6nZwE6K5ce
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 21, 2024
Nervous picked up this part of the original story:
Conservative TV host Tucker Carlson has launched his own show on Russian state television.
The former Fox News host presents the program Tucker on the ongoing news channel Russia 24, the first episode of which is now available online, the Russian state newspaper Rossiskya Gazyeta reported.
The newspaper said the show is part of a joint project with Carlson TV, in which he will interview figures and politicians who have “alternative views to the mainstream.”
In February, Carlson interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin.
Newsweek has since been forced to update the story.
Newsweek has now updated its headline and added an editor's note stating that Tucker has not, in fact, launched a show on Russian TV after Tucker Carlson Network CEO @NeilPatelTDC rejected their claim, saying Newsweek didn't even contact them for comment before publishing.… https://t.co/rJQQmaqMDa pic.twitter.com/cRKO27dudy
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 21, 2024
Tucker's business partner Neil Patel posted a response.
The Tucker Carlson Network has not signed any deals with state media in any country. Anyone currently masquerading as the old Newsweek brand would know that if they had checked with us before going to print, as news companies should do. https://t.co/xbukz58F88
— Neil Patel (@NeilPatelTDC) May 21, 2024
Newsweek was busted for publishing fake news… again. https://t.co/oJ94BBayjX
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) May 21, 2024
It looks like this was the source:
It seems the source for this fake story was *literally* the Ukrainian version of Pravda. https://t.co/DT3L4nx0OL pic.twitter.com/BqpaHZheOR
— Jack Montgomery (@JackBMontgomery) May 21, 2024
This is the liberal media that wants you to be deeply concerned about disinformation.
Once again it is striking that these types of errors always seem to go in only one direction.
