{"id":26980,"date":"2026-04-11T03:12:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/attempted-assassination-tucker-carlson-on-israeli-attack-on-rt-correspondent\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T03:12:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:12:38","slug":"attempted-assassination-tucker-carlson-on-israeli-attack-on-rt-correspondent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/attempted-assassination-tucker-carlson-on-israeli-attack-on-rt-correspondent\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Attempted assassination\u2019: Tucker Carlson on Israeli attack on RT correspondent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Steve Sweeney and cameraman Ali Rida narrowly survived a missile strike last month while filming in southern Lebanon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"88\" data-end=\"175\"><strong data-start=\"88\" data-end=\"95\"><\/strong>American journalist Tucker Carlson has said an Israeli strike targeting RT correspondent Steve Sweeney in Lebanon was an <em>\u201cattempted assassination,\u201d<\/em> as he spoke with the reporter about the attack and his work in conflict zones.<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney and cameraman Ali Rida Sbeity were injured last month when an Israeli aircraft fired a missile at their filming position near the Al-Qasmiya Bridge in southern Lebanon, close to a local army base. The crew, who were wearing clearly marked press gear, said the jet <em>\u201cdeliberately attacked\u201d<\/em> them, with Rida\u2019s camera capturing the moment the blast struck less than 10 meters behind Sweeney as he ducked for cover.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1398\" data-end=\"1597\">In the interview, released by Carlson on Friday, he told viewers that the strike was <em>\u201can attempted assassination.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Sweeney said they <em>\u201cwere incredibly lucky to come out of that situation alive.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>    <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V3z8GwKz-7U\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sweeney said the munition, which he identified as a GBU-38 bomb fired from an F-16 fighter jet, passed through a hole in the bridge which was already destroyed, arguing that there was <em>\u201cno military objective\u201d<\/em> in striking it again. He described the attack as <em>\u201can assassination attempt by Israel to silence the voices on the ground, to silence the truth.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <imgsrc=\"\" alt=\"RT\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/635531-rt-crew-injured-lebanon\/\">\u2018Deliberate attack\u2019: RT correspondent recounts surviving Israeli airstrike (VIDEO)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1948\" data-end=\"2276\">Carlson asked why a British citizen and former reporter for the Morning Star chose to work for RT. Sweeney quipped that MI5 <em>\u201cwould never clear\u201d<\/em> him to work for the BBC, while arguing that the space for challenging official narratives in the Western media, particularly over the Ukraine conflict, has\u00a0<em>\u201ccompletely disappeared.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI have complete freedom to report exactly what I want, and nobody tells me what to say,\u201d<\/em> Sweeney said regarding his work at RT. He noted that RT is banned in the US and EU, while Western broadcasters are still allowed to operate and question officials inside Russia.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <imgsrc=\"\" alt=\"The head of RT\u2019s Lebanon bureau, British journalist Steve Sweeney\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/621612-uk-police-rt-journalist\/\">Journalism a \u2018crime\u2019 in UK \u2013 RT reporter after detention<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2554\" data-end=\"2832\">UK counterterrorism police detained and interrogated Sweeney at Heathrow Airport last July over his work for RT and his reporting from Donbass and Lebanon, and he told Carlson that he is currently being investigated for potential terrorist activity <em>\u201cbased on my journalism\u201d<\/em> alone.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2834\" data-end=\"2968\">Sweeney told Carlson that despite the near-fatal strike in Lebanon, he has <em>\u201cno intention of leaving\u201d<\/em> the country or stopping his work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Sweeney and cameraman Ali Rida narrowly survived a missile strike last month while filming in southern Lebanon American journalist Tucker Carlson has said an Israeli strike targeting RT correspondent Steve Sweeney in Lebanon was an \u201cattempted assassination,\u201d as he spoke with the reporter about the attack and his work in conflict zones. 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