The Putin Interview
Any serious person who has not watched the Putin interview in its entirety (over 2 hours long) has an incomplete understanding of what is going on and why.
Everyone who watches it will form their own opinions from their own perspective but it's most likely that their eyes will not see things as they have before. Seeing the perspective of the "other side" has a way of doing that.
I’m going to resist tearing this thing apart from every angle, there are probably thousands of places on the net to see that done, ad nauseum.
And it's clear, to me anyway, what the main reason was that the administration and their toadies went ballistic at the prospect of an independent figure interviewing Putin.
It's all about contrast. In regard to competence, the contrast could not be more stark.
Or more frightening.