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X, formerly Twitter, becomes No. 1 app on US App Store on news of Tucker Carlson-Putin interview


After former Fox News TV host Tucker Carlson announced on X he would be interviewing Russian President Vladimir Putin, downloads of the app formerly known

A Kremlin spokesperson told Reuters that Putin agreed to the interview because Carlson’s approach would differ from the “one-sided” reporting on Ukraine by many Western media outlets. Critics have called out Carlson previously for appearing to sympathize with Russia’s position, having earlier directed his Fox News audience to ask themselves what the Ukraine conflict was really all about and why they hate Putin so much. Musk’s politics have shifted right in recent years, and his tendency to post his controversial views on the platform has put X into hot water at times and even threatened its future profitability.

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