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Right-wing influencer Tim Pool in the "new media" seat asks Karoline Leavitt to comment on "unprofessional" press behavior

  

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Via:  john-russell  •  5 days ago  •  16 comments

Right-wing influencer Tim Pool in the "new media" seat asks Karoline Leavitt to comment on "unprofessional" press behavior

What the hell is going on this country?  We now have far right "influencers" who regularly host conspiracy mongers and accept money from Russia asking questions in the White House briefing room ? 


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(7) The Recount on X: "Right-wing influencer Tim Pool in the "new media" seat asks Karoline Leavitt to comment on "unprofessional" press behavior: "Many of these organizations ... have marched in lockstep on false narratives such as ... what's being called the 'Maryland Man Hoax.'" https://t.co/UHPFQxP82j" / X

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Tim Pool, a far-right influencer who was exposed last summer for accepting up to $400,000 a month from Russian state media to spread misinformation, was given the first question at today's White House press briefing.








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JohnRussell
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1  seeder  JohnRussell    5 days ago
In 2021, the   Southern Poverty Law Center   (SPLC) described Pool as a "pro-Trump social media personality" who "uses his YouTube show to showcase far-right extremists".   In 2022,   NBC News   referred to Pool as a "right-wing influencer".   BBC News   in 2023 said Pool's podcasts "cover right-wing talking points and conspiracy theories".   The New York Times   in 2023 described Pool's podcast as "extreme right-wing", and Pool himself as "right-wing" and a "provocateur".   Le Monde   in 2024 described Pool as a "star influencer" of the "American far right",   and a 2023 article in the   Journal of Quantitative Description   described Pool as "extreme right".

Pool has criticized aid to   Ukraine   as a provocation against   Russia , and called Ukraine "one of the greatest enemies of our nation" in 2024, after allegations that a Ukrainian was involved in the   Nord Stream pipelines sabotage .   Pool supported Trump in the   2024 United States presidential election .

Tim Pool - Wikiwand
 
 
 
JohnRussell
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2  seeder  JohnRussell    5 days ago
A WIRED analysis shows that right-wing stars like Tim Pool and Benny Johnson focused on topics like Elon Musk and supposed racism toward white people in hundreds of videos allegedly paid for by Russia.
 
 
 
JohnRussell
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3  seeder  JohnRussell    5 days ago
A Media Matters review of Tim Pool’s guests on his   Timcast IRL   podcast in 2022 demonstrates that many of the individuals Pool invites on his show are extremists, bigots, or conspiracy theorists. Sometimes, they’re all three. 

Pool’s show is broadcast from a Maryland studio, where he wears his signature black beanie year-round. A steady rotation of guests and co-hosts sit alongside Pool in matching gamer chairs and headphones as they discuss the day’s news, often pushing misinformation and conspiracy theories as they bounce off of each other’s reactionary commentary. 

Pool, who has 1.4 million YouTube subscribers and a history of   working with white nationalists , is reportedly   making a fortune   from his livestreams. 

Extremists, bigots, and conspiracy theorists: YouTuber Tim Pool’s 2022 guests in review | Media Matters for America
 
 
 
bugsy
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3.1  bugsy  replied to  JohnRussell @3    3 days ago

The problem many on the left has is what they believe to be "right wing extremists" are nothing more than those they just don't like.

On the other foot, those that they, in the past, described as "right wing extremist", like Liz Cheney for instance, are now heralded as heroes because they don't like Trump.

It's hard to keep up with the left's definitions as they change with the wind. 

 
 
 
MrFrost
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4  MrFrost    4 days ago

Karoline Leavitt vowed to never lie to us...I think she was confused when she said it because she has yet to tell the truth about anything. She is clearly a radicalized rightist. She's worthless.  

 
 
 
devangelical
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4.1  devangelical  replied to  MrFrost @4    4 days ago
She's worthless. 

her full range of talents haven't been displayed properly ...

 
 
 
bugsy
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4.2  bugsy  replied to  MrFrost @4    3 days ago

Can you show some instances in which she lied?

"I don't like what she said" is not considered a lie.

 
 
 
MrFrost
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4.2.1  MrFrost  replied to  bugsy @4.2    2 days ago

Really? LMFAO!

 
 
 
MrFrost
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5  MrFrost    4 days ago
What the hell is going on this country?  We now have far right "influencers" who regularly host conspiracy mongers and accept money from Russia asking questions in the White House briefing room ? 

I'm not shocked in  the least. President Putin and VP Musk are pulling all the strings. Trump is nothing but an empty suit. 

 
 
 
bugsy
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5.1  bugsy  replied to  MrFrost @5    3 days ago

Who pulled Biden's strings?

Obama? Rice? Xi? Presidents of Mexico for allowing millions of unvetted illegals into the country?

Who was it as there are so many possibilities to choose from?

 
 
 
MrFrost
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5.1.1  MrFrost  replied to  bugsy @5.1    2 days ago

Xi? Who's house did he hang  out at? Hint? Mar-A-Lago. 

 
 
 
Sean Treacy
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6  Sean Treacy    3 days ago

It’s amazing that this is a story.  It shows how. Far we’ve come.  A democratic president has never held a press conference in our lifetimes without either being given the questions in advance by friendly media, reading questions the administration writes and assigns  them to ask, or given layups like this. 

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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6.1  seeder  JohnRussell  replied to  Sean Treacy @6    3 days ago

Only the modern Trump GOP would normalize conspiracy theorists who entertain neo Nazis and white supremacists and elevate them to a seat in the press briefing room at the White House. 

 
 
 
Sean Treacy
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6.1.1  Sean Treacy  replied to  JohnRussell @6.1    3 days ago
modern Trump GOP would normalize conspiracy theorists

Did you just block 2021-2025 completely from your memory? 

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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7  Jeremy Retired in NC    3 days ago
We now have far right "influencers" who regularly host conspiracy mongers and accept money from Russia asking questions in the White House briefing room ? 

But left wing bloggers are fine.  Hell, they've had CNN in there for years.  

 
 

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