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The Tucker Carlson Show

Rick Sanchez: Fired and Threatened With Jail for Refusing to Spout Zelensky’s Talking Points

The Tucker Carlson Show

Tucker Carlson Network

Daily News, Politics, News, News Commentary

4.58.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Rick Sanchez spent a lifetime in television before becoming one of the highest rated anchors at RT. Last summer, the Biden administration forced him out of his job and threatened him with jail for refusing to repeat Zelensky’s talking points. A case study on the death of free speech. (00:00) Advice From Larry King (04:27) The Neocon Chokehold on Corporate Media (08:48) What Was It Like Working for a Russian-Owned Network During the War? (13:51) Are We Seeing the Death of Free Speech in America? (36:06) The Russian’s Perspective on the War Paid partnerships with: MeriwetherFarms: Visit https://MeriwetherFarms.com/Tucker to receive 10% off and free shipping on new monthly subscription boxes Policygenius: Head to at https://Policygenius.com/Tucker to see how much you could save Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.2

Rick Sanchez, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for doing this.

0:32.6

Oh, it's a pleasure.

0:33.2

How did you wind up at RT and what did you think?

0:35.3

Larry King gives me a call one day.

0:39.1

Larry King. By the way,

0:44.5

Larry's a great man. I totally agree. I love Larry. He was kind. He says, Ricky, you ought to really look at this. And I'm thinking, Larry, the Russians? I mean, come on, man. I was born in Cuba.

0:50.4

It's a communist country. I mean, just in case he wants, you know, but he, but Larry says to me,

0:55.5

let me tell you something. Ricky, let me tell you something. That's the way Larry will say. It sounds so

0:59.6

that is, you know, they don't tell me what to say. They don't tell me what to do. They don't tell

1:04.8

me who I have to interview. They let me be in control of my show. And I guarantee you, they really like you, they really want you.

1:13.1

If you come here and do this show that they want you to do, they're going to do that for you as well.

1:17.7

And I said, really? Larry, you sure?

1:20.3

And finally, I went to Miami. I decided to leave television

1:48.8

altogether, television news, and at the time I was, I had started a new health care company in South

1:54.3

Florida, which we took public for a couple billion dollars. And it was a great story.

1:59.0

But as the story, as that, that company was growing, I started thinking to

2:03.6

myself, you know, I miss my calling. My calling is this. Yeah. What you do. Plus, it's fun. I love to tell

2:09.7

stories. I like finding out things that I didn't know and I love sharing them. And doing that for a

2:15.2

living, I think, is just a wonderful thing. I totally agree.

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