| Title: | No, Tucker Carlson didn’t say this about Ukraine staging dead bodies |
| URL: | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/07/tweets/no-tucker-carlson-didnt-say-about-ukraine-staging-/ |
| Publisher: | PolitiFact |
| Date published: | April 7, 2022 |
| Description: | Some people have interpreted a tweet about Tucker Carlson and Ukraine to mean that he suggested the country staged dead bodies. But he didn’t say that. Russia has said without evidence that “fake dead bodies” were “staged” in Bucha after its troops left the town. Carlson, meanwhile, has been criticized for echoing Russian talking points. On March 9, for example, Carlson said a Russian claim that Ukraine has bioweapon labs was “totally and completely true,” but there’s no evidence that’s the case, PolitiFact reported. But this talking point, about staged bodies, wasn’t one Carlson made. We rate claims that he said the words that appeared in Wash’s tweet False. |
No, Tucker Carlson didn’t say this about Ukraine staging dead bodies
Some people have interpreted a tweet about Tucker Carlson and Ukraine to mean that he suggested the country staged dead bodies. But he didn't say that.
Russia has said without evidence that "fake dead bodies" were "staged" in Bucha after its troops left the town. Carlson, meanwhile, has been criticized for echoing Russian talking points. On March 9, for example, Carlson said a Russian claim that Ukraine has bioweapon labs was "totally and completely true," but there's no evidence that's the case, PolitiFact reported.
But this talking point, about staged bodies, wasn't one Carlson made.
We rate claims that he said the words that appeared in Wash's tweet False.
