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Tim Pool

Timothy Daniel Pool (born March 9, 1986) is an American journalist, podcaster, and political commentator renowned for pioneering portable live-streamed reporting from conflict zones and protests.^[1] Pool first rose to prominence covering the 2011 Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, utilizing innovative technology like 360-degree cameras to deliver unfiltered, on-the-ground footage, which earned him the Shorty Award for Best Journalist in Social Media and a feature in TIME's 2011 Person of the Year.^[2] After contributing to Vice Media as a producer and host, and later Fusion TV, he transitioned to independent media in 2017 by founding Timcast, where he hosts the podcast Timcast IRL and produces daily commentary challenging mainstream narratives on politics, culture, and free speech.^[3]^[4] His YouTube channels, including Timcast with over 1.8 million subscribers as of October 2025, have achieved YouTube Gold Play Button status for surpassing one million subscribers, reflecting his influence in alternative media ecosystems.^[5] Pool's career has been marked by controversies, including his unwitting role in the 2024 Tenet Media scandal, where the company received alleged covert Russian funding via RT; a federal probe indicted two RT employees but brought no charges against Pool or other U.S. influencers, who were described as victims.^[6]^[7]

Early Life and Background

Childhood and self-education

Timothy Daniel Pool was born on March 9, 1986, in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up on the South Side of Chicago. Pool attended a Catholic school but dropped out at age 14 in 2000, intentionally refusing to obtain a high school diploma or GED.^[8]^[9] Lacking formal education beyond early adolescence, Pool pursued self-directed learning centered on practical skills rather than institutional academia. He described leaving school as a deliberate choice to avoid wasting time, emphasizing hands-on experience over structured coursework. This approach fostered his independent, field-based methodology in media and technology, unencumbered by traditional journalistic training. Pool's early fascination with technology manifested in self-taught proficiency with digital tools, including nascent experiments in video production and broadcasting software during his teenage years. By forgoing conventional paths, he honed abilities through trial and error, laying the groundwork for an unconventional career built on real-world application over theoretical study.^[10]

Move to New York and initial independence

In September 2011, at the age of 25, Tim Pool relocated from Newport News, Virginia—where he had been living with his brother, producing skateboarding videos, and playing guitar—to New York City after viewing a viral video depicting police interactions at the nascent Occupy Wall Street protests.^[11] ^[12] Lacking formal journalism credentials or ties to established media outlets, he purchased a one-way Chinatown bus ticket and arrived on September 21, the fourth day of the protests, equipped only with a backpack containing clothes and rudimentary live-streaming gear.^[12] ^[11] Pool sustained himself frugally during this initial period, relying on personal savings and minimal operational support rather than institutional employment or dependency on traditional news pipelines.^[12] His pre-relocation freelance efforts in skateboarding videography in Virginia had honed basic production skills, but in New York, he operated as a self-funded independent, covering basic expenses like cellphone data through small grants from an ad hoc media fund established for freelance journalists.^[12] This approach underscored his deliberate circumvention of credentialed media structures, prioritizing direct, unmediated access to events. Early on, Pool innovated with portable broadcasting by adapting consumer-grade technology—a Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone with unlimited data, paired with an external Energizer battery pack and Ustream's mobile app—allowing sustained, mobile live streams from urban environments without reliance on bulky professional rigs or network support.^[12] This setup, carried in an ordinary backpack, enabled real-time, viewer-interactive reporting, marking an early departure from gatekept journalism models toward decentralized, technology-driven autonomy.^[12]

Journalistic Beginnings

Coverage of Occupy Wall Street

Tim Pool initiated livestreaming of the Occupy Wall Street protests from Zuccotti Park in New York City starting in September 2011, shortly after the movement's launch on September 17.^[13] His broadcasts utilized a smartphone mounted for hands-free operation, supplemented by donated backup batteries and wireless internet connectivity via Ustream on the channel "TheOther99," enabling real-time transmission without traditional media infrastructure.^[14] This portable setup allowed Pool to capture unedited footage of protester assemblies, police interactions, and daily activities in the park, providing viewers with direct, continuous access to events as they unfolded.^[15] Pool's technical innovations included a backpack rig for mobility, incorporating solar-powered elements to extend battery life during prolonged sessions, which facilitated broadcasting from dynamic protest sites without fixed power sources.^[16] These adaptations marked an early application of mobile journalism, predating widespread adoption of similar tools by established outlets and emphasizing empirical, on-the-ground documentation over post-produced segments. His streams drew increasing viewership for their neutrality, delivering raw perspectives that included both protester demands and internal movement tensions, in contrast to mainstream coverage often focused on curated narratives.^[17] The coverage achieved viral prominence during the police eviction of occupiers from Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011, when Pool maintained a marathon 21-hour livestream documenting the operation from start to finish.^[18] This endurance broadcast, supported by crowd-sourced battery donations, amassed hundreds of thousands of concurrent viewers and positioned Pool as a pioneer in independent live reporting, highlighting the potential of citizen-led technology to bypass institutional delays in disseminating verifiable event data.^[14]

Roles at Vice News and Fusion TV

Pool joined the editorial staff of Vice Media in mid-2013, contributing to the development of Vice News as one of its early reporters focused on live, technology-enabled fieldwork.^[19] His approach emphasized raw, unfiltered streaming using devices like Google Glass to capture real-time events, distinguishing his reporting from traditional formats.^[11] In December 2013, he provided on-the-ground coverage of the Euromaidan uprising in Kyiv, Ukraine, documenting protester occupations and clashes with authorities through extended live broadcasts.^[20] In August 2014, while still affiliated with Vice, Pool reported live from the Ferguson, Missouri protests following the police shooting of Michael Brown, streaming over 90-minute segments amid tear gas deployments and confrontations, which highlighted police tactics and protester responses without editorial interruption.^[21]^[22] These assignments underscored his role in immersive, viewer-immersed journalism, prioritizing verifiable footage from conflict zones over narrated analysis. Pool transitioned to Fusion TV in September 2014 as senior correspondent and director of media innovation, where he produced segments on domestic social issues using similar visual and live-streaming techniques to engage younger audiences.^[23] His work there involved innovating media delivery, such as integrating interactive elements into coverage of urban unrest and cultural shifts. Pool departed Fusion around 2016, later citing constraints from corporate editorial processes that favored polished narratives over his preferred emphasis on direct, unscripted evidence from the field.^[24]

Independent Media Ventures

Founding Timcast and YouTube channels

In 2016, after departing Fusion TV where he had served as Director of Media Innovation since 2014, Tim Pool initiated his independent media operations under the Timcast brand, prioritizing autonomy from corporate editorial oversight.^[25] He launched Timcast IRL on YouTube in February of that year, centering the content on unfiltered street-level interviews and real-time reporting from protest sites and urban environments, which allowed for direct viewer interaction without intermediary filters typical of legacy outlets.^[26] This approach stemmed from Pool's prior experiences in live-streaming events like Occupy Wall Street, enabling him to bypass traditional gatekeepers and build a platform reliant on audience-driven feedback.^[27] Timcast.com emerged as the accompanying digital hub, aggregating videos, written analyses, and commentary pieces to foster a cohesive ecosystem for Pool's output. Monetization eschewed heavy dependence on institutional advertisers prone to censorship, instead leveraging YouTube's ad revenue alongside Super Chats—a feature permitting live donations from viewers—which amassed over $1.3 million in contributions from 2019 to 2024 alone, underscoring the viability of direct supporter funding.^[28] By cultivating this model, Pool achieved financial independence rapidly, transitioning from salaried roles to sustaining a growing operation within months, as he detailed in discussions of scaling content production to multiple daily videos.^[27] Initial Timcast material frequently highlighted discrepancies between mainstream reporting and observed realities, informed by Pool's on-site coverage of disturbances such as the 2016 Milwaukee riots, where he documented tensions amid Black Lives Matter-related unrest and noted risks to independent reporters absent institutional protection.^[29] This emphasis on empirical observation over narrative alignment critiqued institutional media's selective framing, drawing from Pool's encounters with biased practices at prior employers like Vice and Fusion, where audience-pleasing distortions supplanted factual rigor.^[27] The format's appeal lay in its rejection of polished sanitization, appealing to viewers seeking unaltered perspectives on unfolding events.

Development of podcasts and commentary shows

In 2018, Pool launched the Tim Pool Daily Show podcast, which featured structured breakdowns of current news events, often incorporating discussions with recurring co-hosts to analyze media coverage and public reactions.^[30] This format emphasized extended commentary sessions, typically airing weekdays, and marked an evolution from his earlier YouTube livestreams toward more produced audio content distributed across platforms like Apple Podcasts and Spotify. The show built on Pool's established Timcast brand, scaling production to include multiple episodes per week while maintaining a focus on real-time viewer feedback integrated into segments. By 2019, Pool expanded his podcast lineup with Timcast IRL, a live-oriented program that premiered on August 27 and featured in-studio guests alongside co-hosts for unscripted debates and news roundtables, fostering direct audience engagement through chat interactions and on-air Q&A sessions.^[31] This series, which quickly grew to daily episodes, incorporated elements like live caller segments and post-show breakdowns, allowing for iterative analysis of viewer-submitted questions on news causality rather than rote opinion-sharing.^[32] Further diversification came in 2023 with The Culture War Podcast, hosted by Pool and featuring guests for thematic deep dives into societal conflicts, expanding the ecosystem to specialized weekly content that complemented the daily output.^[33] Facing YouTube demonetization of his channels as early as September 2017—which limited ad revenue on commentary videos—Pool adapted by prioritizing platform independence, including shifts to alternative video hosts and subscription models.^[34] In response to ongoing content restrictions, such as guideline strikes reversed in 2018, he maintained production continuity through diversification, culminating in a 2025 partnership with Rumble to host exclusive Timcast IRL episodes five days a week and The Culture War weekly for premium subscribers, alongside direct funding via Timcast.com memberships.^[35]^[36] This strategy enabled sustained growth, with podcasts amassing thousands of episodes and millions of downloads, while mitigating deplatforming risks through multi-platform syndication.^[37]

Expansion into music and other projects

In addition to his primary media endeavors, Pool initiated a music project under the Timcast banner, releasing singles and collaborating with artists through his Trash House Records label (formerly Timcast Records).^[38] The project encompasses alternative rock and multi-genre tracks, with releases including "Will of the People" in 2020 and "Only Ever Wanted" in 2022.^[39] ^[40] Further singles such as "Genocide (Losing My Mind)" and "Eyes of Advice" followed, accompanied by official music videos on YouTube.^[41] These efforts represent Pool's foray into artistic expression, independent of his journalistic output. Pool has diversified revenue through merchandise lines, offering apparel including t-shirts, hoodies, and long-sleeve tees via online platforms tied to his Timcast brand.^[42] This includes unisex, women's, and children's options, designed to provide financial stability amid fluctuations in digital media advertising and subscriptions. Such ventures align with his emphasis on operational independence, reducing dependence on platform algorithms or traditional sponsorships. Technological experiments complement these pursuits, such as Pool's early integration of wearable devices for live reporting; in July 2013, he adapted Google Glass for real-time video streaming despite lacking official support, extending his innovative approach to field journalism.^[43] These side projects collectively bolster self-sustained operations, reflecting adaptability in a volatile content creation landscape.

Political Evolution and Views

Shift from left-leaning positions to conservatism

Pool initially aligned with left-leaning economic populism, endorsing Bernie Sanders during the 2016 Democratic primaries for his critiques of corporate influence and wealth inequality, reflecting Pool's anti-establishment views at the time.^[44] This support stemmed from Pool's background in grassroots reporting, such as his Occupy Wall Street coverage, where he observed widespread discontent with financial elites that resonated with Sanders' platform.^[45] His ideological progression accelerated following the 2016 U.S. presidential election, where Pool noted stark discrepancies between mainstream media predictions of a Hillary Clinton victory—bolstered by polls showing her leads in key states—and the on-the-ground realities he encountered through independent fieldwork, including crowd sizes and voter sentiments that mainstream outlets downplayed or ignored.^[45] These experiences led Pool to publicly critique institutional biases in journalism and academia, arguing that systemic left-leaning orthodoxies distorted reporting on events like protests and elections, prioritizing narrative over empirical observation.^[46] By the 2020 election, Pool had shifted sufficiently to vote for Donald Trump, emphasizing policy deliverables such as economic recovery metrics and foreign policy restraint over personal critiques of the candidate. This decision marked a pragmatic prioritization of outcomes—like pre-COVID unemployment lows at 3.5% in February 2020 and reduced U.S. military engagements—amid perceived failures in Democratic approaches to urban crime and censorship. Pool continues to self-identify as a classical liberal, emphasizing individual liberties and skepticism toward state overreach, but has moved rightward on issues like national security and free speech protections, driven by data on rising urban violence rates (e.g., a 30% homicide spike in major cities from 2019 to 2020) and platform deplatforming incidents that he attributes to ideological conformity rather than neutral moderation.^[47] This evolution reflects a commitment to first-hand verification over institutional narratives, as evidenced in his repeated assertions of remaining "anti-authoritarian" while rejecting progressive orthodoxy.^[44]

Domestic policy commentary

Pool has expressed skepticism toward expansive government welfare programs, arguing that they discourage personal responsibility and stifle economic innovation. In a April 6, 2025, episode of his podcast, he contended that the welfare state has "ruined innovation & investment in America" by reducing incentives for work and entrepreneurship, leading to dependency rather than self-reliance.^[48] He further criticized welfare expansions in a May 2, 2025, discussion, linking government overspending and bureaucratic bloat to long-term fiscal instability and urban socioeconomic decline, citing rising national debt levels exceeding $34 trillion as evidence of unsustainable interventions.^[49] Pool attributes patterns of urban decay in cities like Detroit and San Francisco to prolonged welfare dependency intertwined with lax enforcement of public order, pointing to empirical trends in homelessness and business exodus as causal outcomes rather than mere correlations.^[50] On cultural divisions, Pool has denounced identity politics as a mechanism that prioritizes group grievances over individual merit, exacerbating social fragmentation. In an October 15, 2024, analysis of U.S. elections, he highlighted how identity-based appeals alienate broad demographics, such as working-class men, and undermine electoral coalitions through enforced ideological conformity.^[51] He frequently critiques cancel culture as a tool for suppressing dissent, referencing instances where tech platforms and media outlets deplatformed figures for deviating from progressive orthodoxies, such as the 2020-2021 suspensions of conservative voices on Twitter and YouTube, which he views as evidence of institutional bias favoring narrative control over open discourse.^[52] These positions stem from his observation of real-world suppressions, including self-censorship in academia and corporate environments, where empirical data on viewpoint diversity—such as surveys showing over 80% of professors leaning left—indicate systemic imbalances rather than organic consensus.^[53] Regarding public safety, Pool advocates robust support for the Second Amendment as an individual right essential for self-defense amid rising crime rates. Following the 2020 riots, he shifted from prior gun control leanings, purchasing firearms himself and arguing in an October 17, 2020, statement that defunded and demoralized police necessitated armed civilian readiness.^[52] He rejects "defund the police" initiatives as empirically disastrous, linking them to spikes in violent crime; for instance, in a January 31, 2023, commentary on the Tyre Nichols case, he blamed reduced police morale and staffing—down by over 5% in major cities post-2020—for enabling such failures, citing FBI data showing a 30% homicide surge in 2020.^[54] Pool supports targeted law enforcement reforms focused on accountability through body cameras and swift prosecution of officer misconduct, but opposes broad defunding, proposing instead mandatory gun ownership in high-crime areas as a complementary deterrent, as satirically noted in his May 5, 2021, tweet amid debates over police abolition.^[55] These views align with crime statistics from the Major Cities Chiefs Association, documenting reversals in urban safety gains attributable to policy-driven resource cuts.^[56]

Foreign policy positions

Pool has expressed opposition to substantial U.S. military aid to Ukraine following Russia's full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, contending that such support risks broader escalation with nuclear-armed Russia and diverts resources from domestic priorities amid a U.S. national debt exceeding $34 trillion as of 2023.^[57] He has argued that historical precedents of U.S.-backed proxy conflicts, such as those in Afghanistan and Vietnam, demonstrate prolonged engagements often yield inconclusive results at high fiscal cost, with Ukraine aid totaling over $175 billion by mid-2024 per congressional appropriations.^[58] In debates, Pool has emphasized negotiating territorial concessions to avert further bloodshed, prioritizing de-escalation over indefinite funding that he views as enabling corruption in Ukrainian governance rather than securing victory.^[57] Regarding Middle East policy, Pool has criticized protracted U.S. military involvements, citing the Iraq War's $2 trillion expenditure and over 4,400 American fatalities from 2003 to 2011 as evidence of neoconservative overreach yielding instability without clear strategic gains.^[59] He advocates selective alliances with reliable partners like Israel, which he describes as a democratic outpost sharing intelligence and counterterrorism capabilities amid regional threats from Iran-backed groups, based on his firsthand reporting from the area.^[60] Pool has forecasted diminishing unconditional U.S. support for Israel over the next decade due to war fatigue and shifting demographics, urging pragmatic mutual security arrangements over open-ended commitments that strain American taxpayers.^[61] ^[62] In economic foreign policy, Pool aligns with an "America First" framework, supporting tariffs on China to address trade deficits reaching $419 billion in 2018 under prior administrations, which he attributes to offshoring manufacturing jobs and eroding U.S. industrial capacity affecting millions of workers.^[63] He has endorsed Donald Trump's proposed 100% tariffs on Chinese imports announced in 2024, arguing empirical data on wage stagnation and supply chain vulnerabilities—exacerbated by China's intellectual property theft estimated at $225-600 billion annually—necessitate protectionism over unfettered free trade, which he sees as ideologically driven despite evidence of uneven benefits.^[64] Pool contends this approach fosters domestic resurgence, as seen in market rebounds following phased trade deals, without entangling the U.S. in geopolitical concessions.^[65]

Notable public engagements

In May 2024, Pool conducted an in-depth interview with then-presidential candidate Donald Trump on his IRL podcast, covering topics such as economic policy, border security, and media bias, which garnered significant viewership and highlighted Pool's access to high-profile political figures.^[66] The discussion, lasting over an hour, allowed Trump to address unfiltered questions on campaign challenges and future governance priorities, diverging from traditional media formats by emphasizing direct audience engagement.^[66] Pool has appeared multiple times on The Joe Rogan Experience, including episodes in 2019 (#1242), 2020 (#1465), and 2021 (#1737), where conversations delved into censorship on social media platforms, election processes, and the role of independent journalism in countering institutional narratives.^[67]^[68]^[69] These sessions, often exceeding two hours, facilitated extended discourse on topics like Big Tech's influence over public information and integrity concerns in the 2020 U.S. election, reaching Rogan's millions of listeners and underscoring Pool's platform for non-corporate perspectives.^[69] In April 2025, Pool participated in a private meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, alongside other podcasters and influencers, focused on addressing rising anti-Israel sentiments within conservative and pro-Trump media circles, including discussions on antisemitism and media coverage of Israeli policies.^[70] Netanyahu reportedly pushed back against perceived shifts toward anti-Zionism in these spaces, with Pool expressing concerns about such trends in podcasting environments aligned with Trump supporters.^[70] This engagement positioned Pool as a bridge between independent creators and foreign leaders, contrasting with mainstream outlets' frequent criticisms of Netanyahu's administration.^[70] Following the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Pool gained credentials for White House press events under the incoming Trump administration, including attendance at a briefing on April 22, 2025, where he questioned officials on policy transitions and media access.^[71] His inclusion in the press pool, formalized in March 2025, marked a notable expansion of independent media representation in official settings, enabling real-time commentary on administration implementations like tariff policies and hostage negotiations.^[72]

Controversies and Criticisms

Russian funding allegations

In September 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice charged two employees of RT, a Russian state-controlled media outlet, with conspiring to covertly funnel nearly $10 million to Tenet Media, a Tennessee-based company founded in 2023, to produce and distribute English-language videos aimed at influencing U.S. audiences ahead of the 2024 elections. The scheme involved RT operatives using shell entities and fake personas to direct content creation, with approximately $9.7 million in transfers from October 2023 to August 2024 comprising the bulk of Tenet Media's deposits; videos, including those featuring Tim Pool, began appearing on platforms like YouTube and X in November 2023 and amassed millions of views. Pool, one of several right-leaning influencers contracted by Tenet Media, received $100,000 per weekly video episode under a deal that aligned with standard market rates for high-profile hosts but originated from undisclosed foreign sources.^[73]^[74] The DOJ indictment specified that the operation sought to exacerbate U.S. domestic divisions on topics like immigration and inflation to advance Russian geopolitical interests, such as undermining support for Ukraine, but emphasized that U.S. influencers like Pool were unwitting participants unaware of the funding's origins or RT's involvement. No charges were filed against Tenet Media executives or the influencers, with federal prosecutors noting a lack of evidence that content creators knew of or were directed by foreign actors; the RT employees alone faced conspiracy and Foreign Agents Registration Act violation counts.^[75] Pool publicly denied any knowledge of Russian involvement, stating he was contacted by the FBI as a potential victim and that the allegations relied on disputed, out-of-context messages without verifiable proof of his awareness or content influence.^[76]^[77] Analyses of the produced videos, including Pool's episodes, found topics centered on longstanding personal themes such as criticism of U.S. foreign aid and domestic cultural debates, predating the Tenet partnership and showing no detectable shifts attributable to external direction, which undermines claims of deliberate propaganda tailoring.^[78] This consistency supports the DOJ's unwitting characterization, as the funding amplified pre-existing viewpoints rather than introducing novel foreign narratives.^[79]

Accusations of promoting misinformation

Tim Pool has been accused by progressive-leaning media outlets of promoting misinformation through selective or biased coverage of political events. In an August 2021 Daily Beast article, journalist Robert Silverman claimed Pool engaged in "dangerously whitewashing the far right" by providing on-the-ground reporting that allegedly downplayed extremism at protests, including the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol events, contrasting his earlier neutral Occupy Wall Street footage with what critics viewed as sympathetic framing of conservative gatherings.^[80] Pool's live-streamed videos from 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, however, documented empirical instances of arson, looting, and violence—such as the burning of a Minneapolis police precinct on May 28, 2020—elements frequently characterized as "mostly peaceful" in contemporaneous mainstream reports despite resulting in over $1 billion in insured damages nationwide. A March 2021 study by the Center for Countering Digital Hate, cited in The Guardian, identified Pool as one of 21 "super-spreaders" responsible for over 70% of election-related falsehoods on Twitter leading up to the 2020 U.S. presidential vote, primarily for questioning vote counts and procedural irregularities in battleground states.^[81] Pool responded that such classifications conflate skepticism of official narratives with fabrication, pointing to YouTube's March 8, 2020, demonetization of his video analyzing high GOP primary turnout and Trump event metrics as an instance of platform censorship for factual data contradicting prevailing expectations.^[82] These platform actions, he argued, reflect broader viewpoint discrimination against content challenging institutional accounts, rather than verifiable inaccuracies. Pool's critiques of cultural trends, including drag performances for children, have also drawn misinformation charges. After the November 19, 2022, Club Q shooting, Media Matters accused him of disseminating falsehoods by labeling segments of the LGBTQ+ community as "groomers" for endorsing events exposing minors to adult-oriented content, framing it as baseless scapegoating that endangers queer individuals.^[83] Pool's commentary referenced internal debates among performers, as in a July 2023 discussion where drag artists contested the suitability of child involvement, and prior incidents like a 2019 Houston Drag Queen Story Hour featuring a reader with a prior child sex offense conviction—facts drawn from public records but often dismissed by critics as anecdotal or inflammatory.^[84] Such outlets, including Media Matters, exhibit a pattern of prioritizing advocacy over neutral scrutiny, as evidenced by their minimal coverage of analogous left-leaning excesses while amplifying conservative critiques as inherently deceptive. Pool counters by prioritizing direct sourcing and video evidence, maintaining that accusations arise from discomfort with unfiltered realities overlooked by narrative-driven journalism.

Responses to media and political attacks

In response to allegations of receiving funding from Russian state media via Tenet Media, Pool issued a statement on September 4, 2024, asserting that if the claims proved true, he and his Timcast staff had been deceived by the operation, emphasizing that the details remained unverified as mere allegations from a DOJ indictment.^[85]^[75] By April 7, 2025, Pool publicly challenged the evidence, stating there was "no actual proof" linking him directly to unwitting acceptance of Russian funds, describing the Tenet deal as minor and inconsequential to his operations while demanding concrete verification amid widespread media coverage that he characterized as presumptive.^[86]^[87] He maintained production continuity, denouncing Vladimir Putin as a "scumbag" to underscore his opposition to Russian influence.^[75] Facing internal operational challenges and external scrutiny, Pool announced a company restructuring on October 21, 2024, citing staff inefficiencies and his impending fatherhood as drivers for prioritizing family and streamlining business processes, rather than yielding to adversarial pressures.^[88]^[89] This move, which included hints of scaling back Timcast IRL, was positioned as adaptive evolution to sustain long-term viability, with Pool rejecting interpretations of retreat amid boycott calls from critics.^[90] Pool has drawn on his subscriber base to counter narratives, highlighting inconsistencies in accusers' standards, such as legacy outlets' tolerance for their own funding from adversarial states like Qatar while amplifying unproven claims against independents.^[76] In a White House briefing on April 22, 2025, he directly confronted media representatives, accusing them of institutional bias in selective outrage over foreign influences.^[91] Despite such pressures, his platforms persisted with regular output, bolstered by audience loyalty that funded operations independently of alleged disruptions.^[92]

Impact and Reception

Achievements in independent journalism

Tim Pool pioneered portable live-streaming technology during the 2011 Occupy Wall Street protests, utilizing a backpack equipped with multiple cameras and wireless transmitters to deliver continuous, unedited footage to online audiences via Ustream.^[16]^[13] This setup enabled real-time reporting from the ground, bypassing traditional media constraints and providing viewers with direct access to events as they unfolded.^[93] His marathon streams, including sessions exceeding 19 hours, demonstrated the viability of mobile, independent broadcasting, influencing the adoption of similar techniques in citizen journalism worldwide.^[94] Pool's approach fostered direct truth dissemination by allowing audiences to witness raw footage, facilitating personal verification over filtered narratives from established outlets.^[95] This innovation highlighted causal shortcomings in mainstream coverage, such as delays or selective emphasis, and empowered viewers to cross-reference live streams with subsequent reports, promoting accountability through transparency.^[96] By 2024, Pool had developed a multi-platform presence, with channels like Timcast and Timcast IRL collectively surpassing 4 million subscribers across YouTube.^[97] His livestreams generated over $1.3 million in Super Chat donations, reflecting sustained audience engagement with uncensored discussions that circumvented gatekept media channels.^[28] This financial independence underscored the model's success in sustaining operations through direct viewer support, enabling consistent production of on-location reporting and analysis.^[98]

Audience growth and financial success

Tim Pool's audience expansion began with his live-streamed coverage of the 2011 Occupy Wall Street protests, including a 21-hour broadcast that achieved viral dissemination and introduced him to a broad online viewership.^[99] This early visibility laid the foundation for sustained growth, culminating in his primary YouTube channel surpassing 1 million subscribers in the early 2020s and reaching 1.46 million by October 2025.^[100] His content, emphasizing on-the-ground reporting and policy analysis over hype, has driven consistent viewership increases, with recent monthly gains exceeding 40,000 subscribers.^[100] Podcasts under Pool's banner, notably Timcast IRL, have similarly expanded, accumulating over 7,000 reviews on platforms like Apple Podcasts and appearing in curated lists of top daily shows due to their focus on detailed discussions of current events.^[101] ^[102] This audience retention reflects a preference for substantive commentary that avoids reliance on echo-chamber reinforcement, enabling high engagement metrics independent of algorithmic favoritism toward mainstream outlets. Pool's financial viability stems from diversified income channels, including YouTube ad monetization generating an estimated $1,000 daily, alongside crowdfunding, merchandise, and selective sponsorships that circumvent advertiser-driven content restrictions common in legacy media.^[103] ^[104] These streams have fostered operational autonomy, allowing production of unfiltered analysis without subsidy dependencies that compromise editorial integrity. In October 2025, Pool's inclusion in the Pentagon's reconstituted press corps—following major networks' withdrawal over policy disputes—underscored the institutional acknowledgment of self-sustaining independent outlets capable of filling coverage voids left by traditional journalism.^[105] ^[106] This development highlights how audience-driven models reward platforms delivering verifiable insights over subsidized narratives.

Broader influence on conservative media landscape

Tim Pool's pioneering use of live-streaming during the 2011 Occupy Wall Street protests established a model for decentralized, field-based journalism that challenged the reliance on remote, studio-centric reporting common in legacy media outlets.^[11] By broadcasting directly from protest sites, Pool demonstrated how mobile technology enabled real-time, unmediated documentation, attracting peak audiences of 750,000 viewers and inspiring subsequent podcasters and streamers to adopt empirical, on-location approaches over abstracted punditry.^[107] This methodology, later applied to political events, underscored livestreaming's origins in journalism to Pool's efforts, promoting peer-to-peer dissemination that reduced dependence on editorial filters. Within the conservative media ecosystem, Pool's evolution toward critiquing institutional narratives helped normalize independent platforms that foregrounded overlooked socioeconomic grievances, paralleling populist shifts by prioritizing direct sourcing over elite consensus. His content, distributed via YouTube and podcasts, exemplified the rise of social media-native commentators who leveraged algorithmic reach to amplify non-mainstream viewpoints, contributing to a fragmented landscape where alternatives to dominant outlets gained prominence during events like the 2020 election cycle.^[108] This approach fostered ecosystems emphasizing verifiable fieldwork and causal analysis, countering desk-bound interpretations often aligned with prevailing institutional biases. Pool's integration of streaming innovations with grounded political commentary positioned him as a conduit for tech-enabled realism in conservative discourse, encouraging creators to challenge normalized assumptions through data-centric and experiential critique rather than ideological conformity. By building audiences via platforms less susceptible to centralized control, his trajectory supported a broader realignment toward self-reliant media models that valued firsthand evidence, influencing the proliferation of truth-focused independents amid skepticism toward traditional gatekeepers.^[46]

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Cameras no longer welcome at Occupy Wall Street? Attack ...
Jan 31, 2012 · Tim Pool, a mini-celebrity for giving OWS the Walter Cronkite treatment through his nonstop web-based, TimCast live video stream, was involved ...
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Occupy Wall Street: 'There's a militant animosity bred by direct action'
Feb 3, 2012 · Pool earned much his fame following his non-stop 21-hour coverage of Occupy Wall Street's eviction from Zuccotti Park in mid-November. It was ...
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Turkey - VICE
Jun 28, 2013 · Journalist Tim Pool recently joined the VICE editorial staff to cover breaking news, and his first assignment was to fly down to Istanbul ...
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Tim POOL: “I am just a man from the crowd” - Газета «День»
Pool currently works for vice.com, one of the world's most powerful media sites. He began to report from Kyiv on December 4. In particular, he did live ...Missing: date | Show results with:date
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Raw Footage From the Ferguson Protests - VICE
Aug 14, 2014 · Tim Pool was live from Ferguson, Missouri, where protests have taken place all week after the police killing of unarmed 18-year-old Michael ...
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Vice News Keeps the Lens Open During Ferguson Protests - Ad Age
Aug 20, 2014 · On Thursday night, Vice News reporter Tim Pool and producer Claire Ward navigated the scene for more than 90 minutes, interviewing protesters ...
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Fusion Set to Name Director of Media Innovation
Sep 7, 2014 · He is scheduled to start on Monday as Fusion's senior correspondent and director of media innovation.Missing: employment | Show results with:employment
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Tim Pool Breaks Down His Fall Out With VICE - YouTube
May 6, 2023 · In this short clip, Patrick Bet-David, Tim Pool, Vincent Oshana and Adam Sosnick talk about Tim's fallout with VICE.
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Who is Tim Pool? - The US Sun
He later went on to join the news outlet and media company Vice Media. Pool also joined Fusion TV from 2014 to 2016 before he began working mostly independently ...
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Tim Pool Net Worth - Gorilla Overview
... Timcast” which is also created by him for the same purpose. In February 2016 his other channel “Timcast IRL” was launched which features his podcasts. He ...
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Transcript of #1465 - Tim Pool
Here's Tim Poole, a high school dropout, mixed race guy. And here he is just sleeping in a dirt park using his phone to tell the real stories of the world ...
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Right-wing YouTuber Tim Pool has raised over $1.3 million from ...
Apr 5, 2024 · Over the past five years, prominent right-wing influencer Tim Pool has raised over $1.3 million from YouTube's “Super Chat” feature, ...<|separator|>
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Rise of the Grifter: A Tim Pool Biography - Grftr News
Nov 7, 2020 · In 2014, Pool compared his livestreaming to being like a first-person journalism video game. During this time Pool registered the timcast.tv ...
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Tim Pool Daily Show (Podcast Series 2018– ) - IMDb
Rating 6/10 (53) Details ; Release date · March 19, 2018 (United States) ; Also known as. Tim Pool Daily Podcast ; Production company · Tim Pool.
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Timcast IRL (Podcast Series 2019– ) - IMDb
Rating 5.7/10 (378) Release date · August 27, 2019 (United States) ; Official sites · Official BitChute ; Filming locations · Fredrick, Maryland, USA ; Production companies · Tim Pool ...
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Timcast IRL | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to Timcast IRL on Spotify. Timcast IRL is hosted by Tim Pool and delivers hard-hitting news and analysis on politics, culture, and current events.Missing: date | Show results with:date
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The Culture War (TV Series 2023– ) - IMDb
The Culture War: With Tim Pool, Shane Cashman, Phil Labonte, Alex Stein.
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MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL HAS BEEN MASS DEMONETIZED
Sep 8, 2017 · ... Tim Pool 330 Washington Street - PMB 517 Hoboken, NJ 07030. MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL HAS BEEN MASS DEMONETIZED. 31K views · 8 years ago ...more. Tim ...
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UPDATE: YouTube restored Tim Pool's video & removed guideline ...
Feb 19, 2018 · UPDATE: YouTube restored Tim Pool's video & removed guideline strike. "Unfortunately the video was essentially killed by the removal and likely ...
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Tim Pool Joins Rumble & Brings His Exclusive Timcast show to ...
Feb 11, 2025 · Pool is bringing a variety of his productions to Rumble, including Timcast.com content, which will be available exclusively to Rumble Premium ...
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Listener Numbers, Contacts, Similar Podcasts - Timcast IRL
Rating 4.6 (23,533) Timcast IRL launched 6 years ago and published 1490 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics ...
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Timcast Lyrics, Songs, and Albums - Genius
Timcast is a multi-genre music project led by Tim Pool, under his Trash House Records (formerly Timcast Records) label ... Bright Eyes - Single · Show all ...
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‎Timcast - Apple Music
Top Songs ; Will of the People. Will of the People - Single · 2020 ; Only Ever Wanted. Only Ever Wanted - Single · 2022 ; Genocide (Losing My Mind). Genocide ( ...Missing: projects | Show results with:projects
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Timcast Albums: songs, discography, biography ... - Rate Your Music
Timcast discography and songs: Music profile for Timcast, born 9 March 1986. Genres: Alternative Rock. Albums include Only Ever Wanted, Will of the People, ...
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Timcast - YouTube Music
Top songs ; Singles & EPs. Hunger Inside. Single • 2024. Coming Home (feat. Phil Labonte). Single • 2024 ; Videos. Genocide (Losing My Mind). Timcast • 1.6M views.Missing: projects | Show results with:projects
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Apparel - Timcast
2.1 13 · 4–9 day deliveryLong Sleeve Tees · Women's T-Shirts · Kids & Babies · Unisex / Men's T-Shirts · Hoodies & Sweatshirts · Tank Tops.Missing: lines ventures
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Occupy Wall Street's Tim Pool brings live streaming to Google Glass
Jul 19, 2013 · Google Glass officially doesn't support any live video streaming yet, but live streamer Tim Pool found a way to make it work.
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Tim Pool on X: "Man it really grinds their gears that I'm an anti ...
Jan 23, 2019 · ... liberal who supported Bernie Sanders in 2016. Never supported Trump Don't like Trump Probably would support Bernie again if he runs.
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Journalist Tim Pool: I'm 'Terrified' for Future of Media - Business Insider
Nov 16, 2016 · Prominent digital journalist Tim Pool published a video Wednesday in which he explained why the recent crackdown on fake news and banning of alt-right Twitter ...
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How Tim Pool went from covering Occupy Wall Street ... - Nieman Lab
Here's some of what we've seen lately. How Tim Pool went from covering Occupy Wall Street to “dangerously whitewashing the far right”. The Daily Beast / Robert ...
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What political beliefs does Tim Pool hold? Is he a conservative, a ...
Sep 11, 2024 · Pool is quick to describe himself as a disaffected liberal—maybe more of a classical liberal now than he has been in the past. Over the past ...Is Tim Pool contributing to the American conservative movement ...As a Conservative, what do you think about Tim Pool? - QuoraMore results from www.quora.com
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The Welfare State Has RUINED Innovation & Investment In America
Apr 6, 2025 · ... Podcast Channel - / timcastirl. The Welfare State Has RUINED Innovation & Investment In America. 14K views · 4 months ago ...more. Tim Pool.
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The Culture War with Tim Pool - YouTube
May 2, 2025 · Overspending, Welfare & BLOAT Will END The US | The Culture War with Tim Pool. 66K views · Streamed 5 months ago The Culture War PodcastMissing: state intervention
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US Welfare State Doesn't Encourage Healthy Life | Tim Pool
May 11, 2025 · US Welfare State Doesn't Encourage Healthy Life. US Welfare State Doesn't Encourage Healthy Life. Matthew Beale and 244 others.
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“It Will Be Won With MEN” Identity Politics In The US Election Feat ...
Oct 15, 2024 · There are a lot of men who will not vote for a woman no matter what we do have a misogyny problem and a racism problem in America.Missing: shift | Show results with:shift
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Tim Pool on X: "i used to be more in favor of gun control until riots ...
Oct 17, 2020 · i used to be more in favor of gun control until riots swept across the US and police were defunded and demoralized then i went and bought ...
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The Culture War Podcast with Tim Pool - Rephonic
On The Culture War Podcast, Tim Pool dives deep into the biggest cultural and political battles shaping society today.
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Tim Pool Blames 'Defund' For Police Murder - YouTube
Jan 31, 2023 · Tim Pool says Tyre Nichols's death is a result of "Defund The Police.” Pool tells his audience the Memphis Police Department supposedly ...
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Tim Pool on X: "Abolish the police Make gun ownership mandatory" / X
May 5, 2021 · Tim Pool · @Timcast. Abolish the police Make gun ownership mandatory. 4:40 PM · May 5, 2021. 265. 640. 6K. 15. Read 265 replies.
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Tim Pool on X: "Seems like Defund the Police is over" / X
Jan 13, 2021 · A memorial thanking Capitol Police for protecting everyone has been added in a House tunnel that connects to the Capitol.<|control11|><|separator|>
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Tim Pool SPARS With Liberal Over Russia's INVASION Of Ukraine
May 31, 2025 · Tim Pool SPARS With Liberal Over Russia's INVASION Of Ukraine. 157K views · 4 months ago ...more. Tim Pool. 1.46M. Subscribe. 5.9K. Share.
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"WTH!? He's Evil!" Tim Pool's Ukraine Debate Leaves Destiny In ...
Apr 14, 2025 · "I'm not pro Russia. Sure, I always find myself arguing for an outcome that benefits only Russia and demands Ukraine surrender and give up ...
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Tim Pool on X: "oh shit are we all pro war now? oh uh... INvade Iran ...
Jun 17, 2025 · The number one enemy of the non-interventionists is reality. If it weren't for reality, I would be a non-interventionist too.
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Tim Pool From TIMCAST IRL gets the current Gaza/Israel war
May 14, 2021 · Pool further explains how he has been to Israel and how much of a liberal country it is compared to the rest of the Middle East.
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Tim Pool Says US Support For Israel Will Expire In 10-20 Years
Apr 10, 2025 · Israel is not going to have support from this country in 20 years the US is going to say we've got two factions.Missing: Middle East engagements
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Tim Pool on X
Sep 8, 2025 · The END Of US-Israel Financing The right says no funding for middle east wars, the left says Free Palestine Israel will have almost no US ...Missing: engagements | Show results with:engagements
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China RETALIATES With 84% Tariff, Trump REFUSES To Surrender ...
Apr 9, 2025 · China RETALIATES With 84% Tariff, Trump REFUSES To Surrender, Gen Z Struggles WILL END America. 57K views · 4 months ago ...more. Tim Pool.
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Trump SLAMS China With NEW 100% Tariff, Stocks & Crypto TUMBLE
Oct 10, 2025 · Trump SLAMS China With NEW 100% Tariff, Stocks & Crypto TUMBLE | Timcast IRL. 189K views · Streamed 2 weeks ago Timcast IRL ...more ...
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Market SKYROCKETS On Trump US China Trade Deal, Even CNN ...
May 13, 2025 · Tim Pool: “Donald Trump has secured a trade deal with China, and the markets have rebounded significantly, defying the long-term bearish ...
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Tim Pool Interviews Donald Trump on His IRL Podcast - May 27, 2024
May 27, 2024 · We had a couple polls we went over on the show, on our show, IRL. Young people, surprisingly, immigration is a top issue for them now.
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#1242 - Tim Pool - The Joe Rogan Experience | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from The Joe Rogan Experience on Spotify. Tim Pool is an independent journalist. His work can currently be found at timcast.com and ...Missing: appearances | Show results with:appearances
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Tim Pool - Joe Rogan Experience #1465 - YouTube
Apr 27, 2020 · Tim Pool is an independent journalist. His work can currently be found at http://timcast.com and on his YouTube channel @TimcastNews.Missing: appearances | Show results with:appearances
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#1737 - Tim Pool - The Joe Rogan Experience | Podcast on Spotify
Nov 22, 2021 · Listen to this episode from The Joe Rogan Experience on Spotify. Tim Pool is a journalist, political commentator, and host of the "Timcast" ...Missing: appearances | Show results with:appearances
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Netanyahu pushes back on anti-Israel trends in meeting with ...
Apr 8, 2025 · President Trump is meeting with Netanyahu to discuss ongoing efforts to release Israeli hostages from Gaza and newly imposed U.S. tariffs. SHARE.
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LIVE: White House Invites Pro-Trump Podcaster Tim Pool To Briefing
Apr 22, 2025 · Tim Pool, a pro-Trump podcaster who allegedly took money from Russia, attended the White House Press briefing on Tuesday.
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Influencer Paid by Russia Added to White House Press Pool - Yahoo
Mar 28, 2025 · On Friday, someone from Tim Pool's “Timcast” YouTube channel will be part of the press pool covering President Donald Trump, said Will Sommer, a ...
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Russia Secretly Worms Its Way Into America's Conservative Media
Sep 8, 2024 · Federal prosecutors say Russia paid an American media company to push pro-Kremlin messages from social media influencers including Benny Johnson, Tim Pool and ...
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Right-wing influencers say they were dupes in an alleged Russian ...
Sep 13, 2024 · Where did the money go? The right-wing social media stars who were allegedly paid millions in a nefarious Russian influence operation are ...
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Well-known right-wing influencers duped to work for covert Russian ...
including well-known personalities Tim Pool, Dave ...Missing: undercover Ferguson Vice
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US conservative influencers say they are 'victims' of Russian ...
Sep 4, 2024 · Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson addressed allegations that a company they were associated with had been paid to publish videos with ...Missing: undercover Ferguson
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MAGA influencer Tim Pool now claims there's 'no actual proof ...
Apr 7, 2025 · 'The indictment includes out of context messages that are in dispute, no actual proof of said messages in fact, and claims without any ...
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What Right-Wing Influencers Actually Said in Those Tenet Media ...
Sep 6, 2024 · 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.Missing: undercover Ferguson<|control11|><|separator|>
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How Russia covertly hired U.S. influencers to create videos - NPR
Sep 5, 2024 · Tenet publicly launched in November 2023 with six contributors well-known in right-wing media, including Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, David Rubin ...
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How 'Coward and Phony' Tim Pool Became One of ... - The Daily Beast
Aug 1, 2021 · A former darling of Occupy Wall Street, Tim Pool has racked up more than a billion views and millions in earnings while dangerously whitewashing the far right.<|separator|>
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A few rightwing 'super-spreaders' fueled bulk of election falsehoods ...
Mar 5, 2021 · Tackling the most powerful social media accounts – such as Donald Trump's – could be key to halting false narratives, researchers say.
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Tim Pool - X
Mar 8, 2020 · Tim Pool. @Timcast. Youtube decided that my video talking about massive GOP voter turnout and Trump's town hall ratings constituted discussion ...
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Tim Pool responds to Club Q shooting by using “groomer” slur ...
Nov 23, 2022 · Right-wing influencer Tim Pool responded to the mass shooting at Club Q, an LGBTQ club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, by calling gay and trans people “groomers ...
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WATCH: Drag Performers Argue About the Incorporation Of Children ...
Jul 14, 2023 · “Back in 2019, I was noticing this phenomenon of drag queens going into libraries and other venues to read to children,” Drinkwater told host ...<|separator|>
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https://timcast.com/news/watch-drag-performers-argue-about-the-incorporation-of-children-in-drag-shows-lgbtq-culture/
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MAGA influencer Tim Pool now claims there's 'no actual proof ...
Apr 7, 2025 · Podcaster Tim Pool is now suggesting that there's no evidence that Russia actually paid him hundreds of thousands of dollars to unwittingly create videos for a ...
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MAGA influencer Tim Pool now claims there's 'no actual proof ...
Apr 7, 2025 · Pool was explicitly asked about the DOJ's indictment alleging two Russian state-media producers used fake personas to funnel $10 million into ...
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Is Tim Pool Quitting His Podcast? Everything We Know - Newsweek
Oct 23, 2024 · Conservative political commentator Tim Pool has announced that he is restructuring his podcast and suggested that he will be taking a step back from the show.
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Mitha on X: "Tim Pool Announces Soon To-Be 'Father', Plans to ...
Oct 23, 2024 · Today, Pool announced he will become a FATHER. He's going to prioritize Family and needs to Restructure His Company. Pools claims he will likely ...
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Tim Pool Quitting: Angers Fans Announcing Possible End of Show
Oct 22, 2024 · Right-wing podcaster Tim Pool announced on Monday that he's considering shutting down his Timcast IRL show, sparking outrage from some fans.
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Tim Pool Outright Slams Media Orgs In White House Briefing Room ...
Apr 22, 2025 · JUST IN: Tim Pool Outright Slams Media Orgs In White House Briefing Room When Questioning Leavitt · Comments.
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Right-wing US influencers say they were victims of alleged Russian ...
Sep 5, 2024 · The indictment accuses state broadcaster RT, formerly Russia Today, of paying a Tennessee firm $10m (£7.6m) to "create and distribute content to ...
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Occupy Wall Street's Live Streamer Tim Pool - Video - TIME.com
TIME catches up with Live Stream reporter Tim Pool as he finishes a marathon 19 hours of non-stop Ustream coverage of Occupy Wall Street.Missing: neutral viral attention
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The rise of citizen journalism | Sheffield Doc/Fest - The Guardian
Jun 8, 2012 · From the Occupy New York City bloggers, such as Tim Pool who has broadcast hours and hours of live reports from Zucotti Park in the city, to ...
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The emergence of Occupy Wall Street and digital video practices
Aug 6, 2025 · The emergence of Occupy Wall Street and digital video practices: Tim Pool, live streaming and experimentations in citizen journalism. September ...
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How Independent Journalists Are Beating the Mainstream Media
May 8, 2019 · ... Tim Pool after recording an Antifa protest where angry activists cursed at him. There might have been violence, but Antifa's "de-escalation ...
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Tim Pool - YouTube
Tim Pool brings you breaking news from around the world and commentary on top news topics in Politics and Cultural issues.
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[PDF] Cash for Comments - ISD
May 5, 2022 · Super Chats are an increasingly important source of revenue for both creators and YouTube. In one case study featured in this report, 100 videos ...
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Occupy Journalism: The cultural shift in citizen broadcasting - ZDNET
Dec 19, 2011 · Pool began streaming his live coverage from Ustream, a live service with millions of subscribers. After the eviction took place, Pool said: "We' ...<|separator|>
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Tim Pool's Subscriber Count, Stats & Income - vidIQ YouTube Stats
Tim Pool YouTube Channel Stats ; 2025-10-23 · 535,368,515, +14,195, $24.63 - $73.88 ; 2025-10-22 · 535,354,320, +109,503, $189.99 - $569.96 ; 2025-10-21 · 535,244,817 ...
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Timcast IRL - Apple Podcasts
Rating 4.5 (7,161) Timcast IRL is hosted by Tim Pool and delivers hard-hitting news and analysis on politics, culture, and current events. Featuring a wide range of guests, ...
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70 Best Daily Podcasts to Listen to in 2025
Daily Podcasts · 1. The Daily · 2. Tim Pool Daily News · 3. DolphinsTalk.com Daily Podcast · 4. Distorted View Daily · 5. Hawksbee & Jacobs Daily · 6. Daily Thunder ...
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Tim Pool's Net Worth - How Rich is the Podcaster & YouTuber? - Finty
Nov 15, 2022 · Tim Pool joined Vice Media and Fusion TV in 2014, taking the position of senior correspondent ...<|separator|>
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Tim Pool Net Worth: A Deep Dive into the Influential Journalist's ...
Tim Pool's main sources of income are his YouTube channels, crowdfunding contributions from platforms like Patreon, merchandise sales, and sponsorship deals.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/22/pentagon-press-corps
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Trend: Live-streaming journalism will be a peer-to-peer revolution
Aug 11, 2013 · Pool says that at its peak, his live stream of the Occupy Wall Street protests in NYC had 750,000 viewers. He also broadcast from Cairo in 2011.
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The Fragmentation of News Media: From Fox News to the Podcast ...
Social Media-Native Commentators. Tim Pool: YouTube commentator with multiple shows covering daily news; Hasan Piker: Left-wing Twitch streamer covering ...