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I donβt know who Tom Pool is, but Iβd stop listening to him if I were you. Heβs an idiot, a crackpot or (most likely) both.
I know him, and you are indeed correct: He's both, as well as other traits common in the right-wing shitmosphere.
he used to be a real journalist and he was great at finding conflicts on the ground and livestreaming them. something happened in the last 10 years, but he was, truly, a good journalist.
Dude. He never was a "real journalist" he's a hack and a conspiracy theorist.
he was hired by multiple news organizations, and he livestreamed ferguson and j20. (though his political bent was already starting to become a problem by then).
he was a journalist. it's sad what he's become.
If he's no longer a journalist, and it's sad what he's become, and his political bent is infecting what he says, then why the duck are you still listening to him?
hope.
It's been three years, it's time to move on.
that's what my wife and friends tell me
Hope for Nikki Haley?
hope that he starts doing news again
Is he a gamergate moron? Timing would work.
i don't recall him wading into that much at the time, but he's definitely neck deep in culture war shit now.