Newsweek is under fire after publishing a false story claiming that Tucker Carlson has launched a show on Russian state-owned television.
On Tuesday morning, Newsweek ran the headline, "Tucker Carlson Launches Show on Russian State TV," which was soon changed to "Tucker Carlson Show Aired By Russian State TV."
Though the outlet changed its tune, that did not stop the Daily Beast and National Review from running with the false narrative.
Newsweek originally claimed, "Carlson is presenting the program Tucker, which is broadcast on Russia 24." The new version of the article now clarifies that it "comprises old episodes of Carlson's shows taken from X, formerly Twitter, and YouTube, complete with a Russian voiceover."
Tucker Carlson Network CEO Neil Patel blasted Newsweek for publishing the fake news. The Tucker Carlson Network has not done any deals with state media in any country. Whoever is currently pretending to be the old Newsweek brand would know that if they had checked with us before printing like news companies are supposed to do. https://t.co/xbukz58F88
— Neil Patel (@NeilPatelTDC) May 21, 2024
"The Tucker Carlson Network has not done any deals with state media in any country," Patel wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. "Whoever is currently pretending to be the old Newsweek brand would know that if they had checked with us before printing like news companies are supposed to do." No, Tucker Carlson did not launch a show on Russian TV. This is flagrantly dishonest reporting. Russian media is just ripping his content from 𝕏 and dubbing it. It's called content piracy. Newsweek should issue an immediate correction and apology. https://t.co/ugqeXy2vAg
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 21, 2024
Newsweek, instead of issuing a correction or retraction, added a note to the article simply saying, "This article has been updated with additional information."
In a fact check of Newsweek's claims, The National Pulse reported, "The false information appears to have emanated from Ukraine’s Institute of Mass Information, then regurgitated by Ukraine Pravda, and finally ended up in far-left and neoconservative websites in the United States. Newsweek has a distinct problem with publishing easily debunked false information in recent months."
