Undermining Justice, Attacking Democracy: The Rubin Interview as Political Theatre

Klan Kosova’s Rubin interview exposed journalism weaponised: loaded questions sought to undermine The Hague and delegitimise Albin Kurti, coercing narratives instead of pursuing truth.

On 20 September, Klan Kosova aired what it billed as an “exclusive” interview¹ with James Rubin, the former US State Department official who had just testified at The Hague in defence of former Kosovan President Hashim Thaçi. What should have been a conversation of substance on war crimes tribunals, Kosovo’s political trajectory, and Rubin’s historical role in the Balkans, soon descended into something more troubling: a moderator’s apparent effort to prod Rubin into discrediting the sitting Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, and against the credibility of the Specialist Chambers in The Hague.

This was not the neutral pursuit of truth. It was the media as a political instrument.

The Hague as a Target