We're All Said to Be Commenting on Things We Don't Really Understand

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Welli, i think the one thing i've taken away from it, for myself, is that i think i ought to refrain from commenting on things i don't understand. There's a lot of us now who sort of feel like, i think, every issue we're supposed to have an opinion about. And i get invited on t v and podcast and radio that i've been turning down in the last few months. But how do we, how did we pass an event like this the way? I'm glad nigel has has come out and said that, because him and i had a big argument about this on our show. If you think about journalism 20 or 30 years ago,

Freddie Sayers meets Konstantin Kisin.

Following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army, pundits from mainstream and alternative media platforms across the political spectrum have been left eating humble pie. Predictions of Russia’s next move as troops built up on the border have ranged from blaming hawkish Americans for hyping up a non-existent threat, to claims that Putin was using the standoff to make himself an international talking point. Now that it is clear that Putin is done with talking and intends to take action, we are left wondering: who can we trust on Ukraine? To puzzle out this question, Freddie Sayers sat down for an emergency episode with Konstantin Kisin, host of the Triggernometry podcast and YouTube channel.

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