I confess to being taken aback when Tucker Carlson not only switched positions on Putin, but insisted there was no evidence he had ever taken his previous position and it was outrageous for anyone to claim that there was. I mean, it’s totally consistent with how Carlson will take contradictory positions sometimes from one moment to the next, but I was still taken aback not (just) by his re-writing of reality as convenient, but by how aggrieved he acted.
It’ll be interesting to see how he flips back to supporting Putin (and back again, as needed) and denies he ever denied his denial about denying…
I was initially surprised by how completely lazy (well, non-existent) the “journalism” involved in compiling that list was, but then I remembered they’re carrying water for the wealthy and inaccurate lists of wealth benefit them, both by inflating (e.g. Trump) or ignoring (e.g. Putin) wealth. What it consistently does is promote capitalist fantasies about “titans of industry” and that’s the real purpose for it, ultimately.
