:Tim Pool
{{Short description|American right-wing political commentator (born 1986)}}
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| birth_name = Timothy Daniel Pool
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| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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Timothy Daniel Pool (born March 9, 1986) is an American right-wing{{cite journal|first1=Richard A.|last1=Vogt|title=Uncomfortable Echoes: Blackfishing First Nations Trauma During COVID-19|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajph.12907|journal=Australian Journal of Politics & History|date=11 February 2024|volume=70 |issue=4 |pages=585–605 |issn=0004-9522|doi=10.1111/ajph.12907}} political commentator and podcast host. He first became known for live streaming the 2011 Occupy Wall Street protests.{{cite magazine|title=The Media Messenger of Zuccotti Park|author=Fields, Jim|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Duw_D3YjS3s |magazine=Time|date=February 3, 2012|access-date=July 31, 2019}}{{cite news|title=Mobile phone streams Occupy Wall Street to the world|author=DeGrasse, Martha|url=http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20111117/devices/mobile-phone-streams-occupy-wall-street-to-the-world/ |publisher=TCRWireless|date=November 17, 2011|access-date=January 7, 2012}} He joined Vice Media and Fusion TV in 2014, later working on YouTube and other platforms.
Early life
Pool was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in a middle class family. His father was a firefighter and his mother sold cars.{{cite web |last=Manuel Simián |first=José |date=2011 |title=Indignado en Wall St |url=http://diario.latercera.com/2011/10/09/01/contenido/la-tercera-el-semanal/34-86315-9-indignado-en-wall-st.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227025220/http://diario.latercera.com/2011/10/09/01/contenido/la-tercera-el-semanal/34-86315-9-indignado-en-wall-st.shtml |archive-date=February 27, 2015 |website=El Semanal |language=es}} His maternal grandmother is Korean.{{Cite news |last=Silverman |first=Robert |date=2021-08-01 |title=How 'Coward and Phony' Tim Pool Became One of the Biggest Political YouTubers on the Planet |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-coward-and-phony-tim-pool-became-one-of-the-biggest-political-youtubers-on-the-planet |access-date=2024-09-19 |work=The Daily Beast |language=en}}
Pool attended a Catholic school until completing the fifth grade{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlk_FA8OCro&t=616s |title=GOP Rep Says Vaccine Passport May Be Joe Biden's Mark Of The Beast, Some Believe Its The End Of Days |date=2021-03-30 |last=Pool |first=Tim |type=podcast |language=English |time=10m16s |access-date=2024-01-13 |quote="I went to Catholic school [...] up until I completed fifth grade, I was in Catholic school. Went to sixth grade, a public school."}} and left school at the age of 14.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HamyKTWlQRQ&t=409s |title="Tim Pool Breaks Down His Fall Out With Vice - PBD Podcast - Ep. 266" |date=2023-05-06 |time=6m49s |access-date=2024-01-15}}
Career
=Occupy Wall Street=
After watching a viral video from Occupy Wall Street, Pool purchased a one-way bus ticket to New York.{{Cite magazine|last=Marantz|first=Andrew|date=December 4, 2017|title=The Live-Streamers Who Are Challenging Traditional Journalism|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/11/the-live-streamers-who-are-challenging-traditional-journalism|access-date=April 20, 2021|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en-us}} Pool joined the Occupy Wall Street protestors on September 20, 2011. Shortly thereafter, he met Henry Ferry, a former realtor and sales manager, with whom he founded media company The Other 99.{{cite web |last=Captain |first=Sean |date=November 21, 2011 |title=Tim Pool And Henry Ferry: The Men Behind Occupy Wall Street's Live Stream |url=http://www.fastcompany.com/1796352/occupy-wall-street-tim-pool-henry-ferry |access-date=January 7, 2012 |work=Fast Company}} Pool also began livestreaming the protests with his cell phone and quickly assumed an on-camera role. Pool used a live-chat stream to respond to questions from viewers while reporting on Occupy Wall Street.{{cite web|url=http://pressthink.org/2011/11/occupy-pressthink-tim-pool/ |title=Occupy PressThink: Tim Pool |publisher=Pressthink |date=November 20, 2011 |access-date=January 7, 2012}} Pool also let his viewers direct him on where to shoot footage.{{cite web |author=Joanna |date=November 15, 2011 |title=Watch: Occupy Wall Street, Broadcasting Live |url=http://www.ustream.tv/press/watch-occupy-wall-street-broadcasting-live |access-date=January 7, 2012 |publisher=Ustream.tv}} He modified a toy remote-controlled Parrot AR.Drone for aerial surveillance and modified software for live streaming into a system called DroneStream.{{cite news |last1=Sharkey |first1=Noel |last2=Knuckey |first2=Sarah |date=December 21, 2011 |title=Occupy Wall Street's 'occucopter' – who's watching whom? |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/dec/21/occupy-wall-street-occucopter-tim-pool |access-date=January 7, 2012}} In mid-November 2011, Pool broadcast live streams, one of which reached 21 hours in length, of Occupy Wall Street's eviction from Zuccotti Park.{{Cite web|last=Devereaux|first=Ryan|date=February 3, 2012|title=Occupy Wall Street: 'There's a militant animosity bred by direct action'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/03/occupy-wall-street-animosity-direct-action|access-date=November 17, 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en}} Pool's use of live streaming video and aerial drones during Occupy Wall Street protests in 2011 led to an article in The Guardian querying whether such activities could take the form of counterproductive surveillance.
In January 2012, he was physically accosted by a masked assailant.{{cite web |last=Robbins |first=Christopher |date=May 8, 2012 |title=Anarchists Think Photographers And Reporters Are The "Fu*king Enemy" |url=http://gothamist.com/2012/05/08/are_anarchists_acting_like_the_nypd.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512161303/http://gothamist.com/2012/05/08/are_anarchists_acting_like_the_nypd.php |archive-date=May 12, 2012 |work=Gothamist}} Also in January 2012, The Other 99 was disbanded following a feud between Pool and Ferry.{{Cite web |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=January 5, 2012 |title=Occupy Wall Street's Video Stars Are Feuding [Updated] |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2012/01/occupy-wall-streets-video-stars-are-feuding.html |access-date=September 9, 2021 |website=Intelligencer |language=en-us}}{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=January 5, 2012|title=The Very Public Breakup of Occupy Wall Street's Ustream Team|url=http://m.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/01/very-public-breakup-occupy-wall-streets-ustream-team/47051/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621081913/http://m.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/01/very-public-breakup-occupy-wall-streets-ustream-team/47051/|archive-date=June 21, 2013|access-date=September 27, 2021|website=The Atlantic Wire}} Pool had also planned on livestreaming occupy protests across the United States for a documentary called Occumentary, but it was never filmed.
Pool's video taken during the protests was instrumental evidence in the acquittal of photographer Alexander Arbuckle, who had been arrested by the NYPD. The video showed that the arresting officer lied under oath, though no charges were filed.[https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/05/16/152854265/video-evidence-helps-acquit-student-in-first-occupy-wall-street-trial Video Helps Acquit Student In First Occupy Wall Street Trial], National Public Radio, Elise Hu, May 16, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2022. While covering the NoNATO protests at the 2012 Chicago summit, Pool and four others were pulled over by a dozen Chicago police officers in unmarked vehicles. The group was removed from the vehicle at gunpoint, questioned, and detained for ten minutes. The reason given by police was that the team's vehicle matched a description of another vehicle they sought.{{cite web |last=Parker |first=Lisa |date=May 20, 2020 |title=Independent Journalists Detained at Gunpoint |url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Citizen-Journalists-Detained-at-Gunpoint-by-CPD-152206965.html |publisher=NBC Chicago}}
In the context of the Occupy movement, Pool's footage was aired on NBC and other mainstream networks.{{cite magazine |last=Captain |first=Sean |date=January 6, 2012 |title=Threat Level: Livestreaming Journalists Want to Occupy the Skies With Cheap Drones |url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/occupy-drones/ |magazine=Wired |access-date=January 7, 2012}}{{cite web |last=Martin |first=Adam |url=http://m.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/01/very-public-breakup-occupy-wall-streets-ustream-team/47051/ |title=The Very Public Breakup of Occupy Wall Street's Ustream Team |publisher=The Atlantic Wire |date=January 5, 2012 |access-date=January 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621081913/http://m.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/01/very-public-breakup-occupy-wall-streets-ustream-team/47051/ |archive-date=June 21, 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |url=http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/01/occupy-wall-streets-video-stars-are-feuding.html |title=Daily Intel: Occupy Wall Street's Video Stars Are Feuding |work=New York |date=January 5, 2012 |access-date=January 7, 2012}} According to The Washington Post, Pool "helped demonstrate to activists that livestreaming had potential as an alternative to depending on cable news coverage".{{cite news |last1=Ohlheiser |first1=Abby |title=Is Facebook ready for live video's important role in police accountability? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/07/07/is-facebook-ready-for-live-videos-important-role-in-police-accountability/ |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 7, 2016}} He was nominated as a Time 100 personality in March 2012 for his importance to the Occupy movement, alongside David Graeber,{{cite magazine| url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2107952_2107953_2110184,00.html | magazine=Time | title=The 2012 Time 100 Poll | date=March 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501052440/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2107952_2107953_2110184,00.html |archive-date=May 1, 2012 |url-status=live}} as Time dubbed Pool "the eyes of the movement".{{cite magazine |last=Townsend |first=Allie |date=November 15, 2011 |title=Watch: Occupy Wall Street, Broadcasting Live |url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2011/11/15/watch-occupy-wall-street-broadcasting-live/ |magazine=Time |access-date=January 7, 2012}}
In November 2011, Pool told On the Media, "I don't consider myself a journalist." "I consider myself an activist 100%" there "to support the movement."{{Cite web|last=Anderson|first=Doug|date=November 18, 2011|title=Q&A;: Tim Pool on Streaming Occupy Wall Street|url=http://www.onthemedia.org/blogs/on-the-media/2011/nov/18/q-tim-pool-on-streaming-occupy-wall-street/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116065214/http://www.onthemedia.org/blogs/on-the-media/2011/nov/18/q-tim-pool-on-streaming-occupy-wall-street/|archive-date=January 16, 2013|access-date=September 9, 2021|website=On the Media}} In October 2012, he told El País that "I'm not an activist" and described himself as a journalist.{{Cite web|last=Pérez-Lanzac|first=Carmen|date=October 3, 2012|title=The Surround Congress protests, according to Tim|url=https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2012/10/03/inenglish/1349271592_399533.html|access-date=September 9, 2021|website=El País|language=en}} In 2018, Pool said that "I don't align with Occupy Wall Street and never did".{{Citation|title=Nobody Watched Michelle Wolf's Show SO Netflix Canceled It|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1rCjUGlOD4|publication-date=August 18, 2018|language=en|access-date=September 9, 2021}} In 2021, he denounced the Occupy movement as "crooked".{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/live/4PWxIilQEN0?t=1175 |title=Timcast IRL - NO CHARGES For Cops In New BLM Case, Protests Beginning w/Ryan Girdusky |date=2021-05-18 |last=Pool |first=Tim |publisher=Timcast IRL |time=19:35 |access-date=2021-09-09 |via=YouTube}}
=Vice and Fusion=
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After joining Vice Media, Pool began producing and hosting content and developed new methods of reporting.{{cite web |last=Dredge |first=Stuart |date=July 30, 2013 |title=How Vice's Tim Pool used Google Glass to cover Istanbul protests |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jul/30/google-glass-istanbul-protests-vice |work=The Guardian}} In 2013, he reported on the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul with Google Glass.{{cite web |last=Martin |first=Adam |url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2011/12/occupy-wall-street-has-drone-occucopter/45891/ |title=Occupy Wall Street Has a Drone: The Occucopter |publisher=The Atlantic Wire |date=December 7, 2011 |access-date=January 7, 2012 |archive-date=December 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208140033/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2011/12/occupy-wall-street-has-drone-occucopter/45891/ |url-status=dead }} In April 2013, Pool received a Shorty Award in the "Best Journalist in Social Media" category.{{cite web |last=Ngak |first=Chenda |date=April 9, 2013 |title=Shorty Awards 2013 honors Michelle Obama, Jimmy Kimmel |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shorty-awards-2013-honors-michelle-obama-jimmy-kimmel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707161507/https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57578611/shorty-awards-2013-honors-michelle-obama-jimmy-kimmel/ |archive-date=July 7, 2013 |publisher=CBS News}} From 2013 to 2014, while working for Vice, Pool covered and live streamed the mass protests in Ukraine that led to the collapse of the Yanukovych government.{{Cite web|last=Pool|first=Tim|date=May 6, 2014|title=Live Streaming the Ukrainian Revolt|url=https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/8gdn5p/live-streaming-the-ukrainian-revolt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705051557/https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/8gdn5p/live-streaming-the-ukrainian-revolt|archive-date=July 5, 2019|access-date=July 31, 2020|website=Vice}} He also covered the Ferguson unrest and covered protests in Thailand, Turkey, and Egypt.
In 2014, he joined Fusion TV as Director of Media innovation and Senior Correspondent.{{cite web |last=Steel |first=Emily |date=September 7, 2014 |title=Fusion Set to Name Director of Media Innovation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/08/business/media/fusion-expected-to-name-tim-pool-its-director-of-media-innovation.html |work=The New York Times}}{{cite web |title=Tim Pool |url=http://fusion.net/author/tim-pool/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904015000/http://fusion.net/author/tim-pool/ |archive-date=September 4, 2017 |access-date=February 27, 2015 |publisher=Fusion}}{{cite web |date=September 9, 2014 |title=Fusion Brings On Tim Pool |url=http://www.cision.com/us/2014/09/fusion-brings-on-tim-pool/ |publisher=Cision}}
=Independent work=
As of 2021, Pool operates six YouTube channels, two of which, Timcast and Tim Pool, feature daily political commentary,{{Needs update|date=March 2023|reason=The Tim Pool channel's function as a daily political commentary show has since been retired and it now serves as the channel for the Culture War Podcast and clips from said podcast.}} while a third serves as a clip channel for Pool's podcast, Timcast IRL.{{cite web|work=Gizmodo|title=YouTuber Tim Pool Sounds Like He's Doing Great Except for Alleged Cat Hostage Thing|author=McKay, Tom|date=March 12, 2021|url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2021/03/youtuber-tim-pool-sounds-like-hes-doing-great-except-for-alleged-cat-hostage-thing/}}
In May 2022, it was estimated that Timcast IRL generated $65,824.86 in non-advertising revenue for YouTube across 100 videos on the Timcast IRL channel from October 2020 to November 2021.{{Cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Ciarán |date=May 5, 2022 |title=Cash for Comments: How YouTube's Super Chats Enable the Platform & Creators to Profit from Conspiracies, Misinformation & Calls for Violence |url=https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/cash-for-comments-youtube-creators-profit-from-conspiracies-misinformation-calls-for-violence/ |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=Institute for Strategic Dialogue |language=en}}
==Journalism and commentary==
Pool covered the 2016 Milwaukee riots. Pool said he would leave the area and stop reporting on these events, saying he thought it was dangerous due to perceived escalating "racial tensions".{{cite news |last1=Mark |first1=Michelle |date=August 15, 2016 |title=Prominent digital journalist pulls out of Milwaukee: 'For those who are perceivably white, it is just not safe to be here' |work=Business Insider |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/reporter-tim-pool-pulls-out-of-milwaukee-because-of-racial-tensions-2016-8}}{{cite news |last1=Savransky |first1=Rebecca |date=August 15, 2016 |title=Journalist pulls out of Milwaukee over escalating racial tensions |language=en |work=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/tim-pool-vice-reporter-white-black-unsafe-racial-tensions-milwaukee-police-protest |access-date=November 13, 2020 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108130831/http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/tim-pool-vice-reporter-white-black-unsafe-racial-tensions-milwaukee-police-protest |url-status=dead }}
In February 2017, Pool traveled to Sweden to investigate claims of "no-go zones" and problems with refugees in the country. He launched a crowdfunding effort to do so after U.S. president Donald Trump alluded to crimes related to immigration in Sweden. InfoWars writer Paul Joseph Watson offered to pay for travel costs and accommodation for any reporter "to stay in crime-ridden migrant suburbs of Malmö."{{cite news |last1=Bowden |first1=George |date=February 21, 2017 |title=Paul Joseph Watson Comes Good On Twitter Offer To 'Investigate Malmo, Sweden, Crimes' |work=HuffPost |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/paul-joseph-watson-sweden-tim-pool_uk_58ac3790e4b0f077b3edc0a1 |access-date=March 14, 2018}}{{cite web |date=February 28, 2017 |title=The man sent to 'crime-ridden' Sweden by a right-wing journalist has reported his findings |url=https://www.indy100.com/article/sweden-trip-crowdfunded-right-wing-journalist-paul-joseph-watson-infowars-donald-trump-latest-7604156 |publisher=indy100}} Watson donated $2,000 to Pool's crowdfund to travel to Sweden. While in Sweden, Pool largely disputed that migrant suburbs of Malmö and Stockholm were crime ridden, saying that Chicago is vastly more violent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/medier/tim-pool-har-lamnat-sverige|title=Tim Pool har lämnat Sverige|date=March 15, 2017|website=SVT Nyheter|language=sv|access-date=May 12, 2019}} While filming in Rinkeby, an "especially vulnerable area" in Stockholm, Pool alleged that he had to be escorted by police, due to purported threats to his safety. Swedish police have disputed Pool's claims, stating, "Our understanding is that he didn't receive an escort. However, he followed the police who left the place."{{cite web|title=Police dispute US journalist's claim he was escorted out of Rinkeby|url=http://www.thelocal.se/20170301/police-told-me-to-leave-rinkeby-us-journalist-tim-pool|website=The Local|access-date=March 5, 2017|date=March 1, 2017}} The police stated that, "When Tim Pool took out a camera and started filming, a group of young people pulled their hoods up and covered their faces and shouted at him to stop filming. The officers then told Tim Pool that it was not wise to stay there in the middle of the square and keep filming."
In November 2017, Pool created his second YouTube channel, Timcast News.{{Citation|title=Welcome to Channel two|date=November 25, 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZScBY9Bv7a4|language=en|access-date=September 27, 2021}}
In 2019, podcaster Joe Rogan invited Pool onto his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, following an interview with Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. The two criticized the banning of Milo Yiannopoulos from Twitter, arguing that the provocateur had not truly encouraged his fans to harass Ghostbusters actress Leslie Jones.{{cite news |last1=Peters |first1=Justin |date=March 21, 2019 |title=How Joe Rogan's Hugely Popular Podcast Became an Essential Platform for "Freethinkers" Who Hate the Left |language=en |work=Slate Magazine |url=https://slate.com/culture/2019/03/joe-rogans-podcast-is-an-essential-platform-for-freethinkers-who-hate-the-left.html}} The Atlantic contributor Devin Gordon criticized Rogan and Pool, stating that both men demonstrated a limited understanding of Twitter, censorship, and abuse during the discussion.{{cite news |last1=Gordon |first1=Story by Devin |date=August 19, 2019 |title=Why Is Joe Rogan So Popular? |work=The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/08/my-joe-rogan-experience/594802/ |access-date=December 25, 2020}} Rogan invited Pool and Dorsey, as well as Twitter chief legal officer Vijaya Gadde, back on his podcast. Pool described cases where he asserted conservatives were unfairly suspended on Twitter. In particular, Pool brought up the banning of Alex Jones and argued that Twitter rules against misgendering transgender users is ideological. Gadde said that Twitter is a free speech platform on which punishments are based on evaluation of consistently-applied harassment guidelines.{{cite news|last1=Gilmour|first1=David|date=March 5, 2019|title=Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appears on Joe Rogan's podcast—again|work=The Daily Dot|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/jack-dorsey-joe-rogan/|access-date=December 25, 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Scola |first1=Nancy |title=Is Twitter Going Full Resistance? Here's the Woman Driving the Change. |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/10/28/twitter-vijaya-gadde-free-speech-policies-technology-social-media-429221 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |work=Politico |date=October 28, 2020 |language=en}}
In July 2019, Pool was invited to participate in a White House event hosting right-wing internet personalities who President Trump characterized as unfairly targeted for their views.{{cite news |last1=Collins |first1=Ben |last2=Alba |first2=Monica |date=July 11, 2019 |title=Conspiracy theorists, far-right agitators head to White House with social media in their sights |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/conspiracy-theorists-far-right-agitators-head-white-house-social-media-n1028576 |access-date=August 24, 2021 |quote=While the Trump administration has generally embraced the far-right social media sphere, Thursday's event will be one of the first to bring that digital ecosystem into the real world.... Tim Pool, a YouTube personality who has pushed the false conspiracy theory that former Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich leaked hacked emails to WikiLeaks, also plans to attend the event.}} Some news outlets described Pool as a spreader of a conspiracy theory about the murder of Seth Rich.{{Cite magazine |last=Shephard |first=Alex |date=July 11, 2019 |title=Trump Assembles His Gang of Social-Media Deplorables |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/154467/trump-social-media-summit-assembles-gang-deplorables |access-date=2024-09-08 |magazine=The New Republic |issn=0028-6583 |quote=So did Tim Pool, a YouTube conspiracy theorist who has suggested that Seth Rich, the former DNC staffer whose 2016 murder remains unsolved, was collaborating with Wikileaks on anti–Hillary Clinton releases.}}
In August 2020, Trump liked a tweet published by Pool expressing sympathy and support for Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Illinois then facing trial on homicide charges of killing two people during the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, for which he was ultimately acquitted.{{Cite news |last=Bosman |first=Julie |date=November 19, 2021 |title=Kyle Rittenhouse Acquitted on All Counts |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/19/us/kyle-rittenhouse-trial}} Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., retweeted a statement by Pool describing how the case of Rittenhouse had convinced Pool to vote for Trump.{{cite news |last1=Graziosi |first1=Graig |date=August 28, 2020 |title=Trump Jr shares post defending alleged Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-jr-kyle-rittenhouse-kenosha-jacob-blake-a9694911.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=December 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-jr-kyle-rittenhouse-kenosha-jacob-blake-a9694911.html |archive-date=May 7, 2022}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news |last1=Papenfuss |first1=Mary |date=August 30, 2020 |title=Trump Ducks Question About Accused Teen Shooter In Kenosha |work=HuffPost |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ducks-rittenhouse-question_n_5f4b1ed2c5b64f17e13ebd19}}
A report from the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) said that Pool was a "superspreader" of fake news surrounding voter fraud before and after the 2020 United States presidential election.{{Cite web|last=Paul|first=Kari|date=March 5, 2021|title=A few rightwing 'super-spreaders' fueled bulk of election falsehoods, study says|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/05/election-misinformation-trump-rightwing-super-spreader-study|access-date=August 7, 2021|website=The Guardian}}
In June 2021, Pool invited North Korean defector Yeonmi Park onto his podcast. Park claimed that North Koreans “don’t know the concept of love” aside from political admiration of Kim Jong-Un. Pool replied by telling her that this was "The most villainous thing I’ve ever heard,” however an investigation by experts and journalist into Park's claims about North Korea found that she had fabricated many of her stories, including the ones she told Pool.{{Cite news |last=Sommer |first=Will |date=2023-07-17 |title=A North Korean defector captivated U.S. media. Some question her story. |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/07/16/yeonmi-park-conservative-defector-stories-questioned/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |issn=0190-8286}}
Pool was a critic of vaccine mandates in the COVID-19 pandemic, said he was unvaccinated,{{Cite web |last=McKay |first=Tom |date=2021-11-04 |title=Tim Pool Got Covid-19 After Railing Against Vaccine Mandates |url=https://gizmodo.com/tim-pool-got-covid-19-after-railing-against-vaccine-man-1847998033 |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Gizmodo |language=en-US}} and hosted COVID-19 conspiracy theorists. In August 2021, he criticized New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's COVID-19 vaccine passport mandate, as it did not have any exemptions for immunocompromised people or people with other disabilities.{{Cite web|last=Creitz|first=Charles|date=August 18, 2021|title=De Blasio instituting segregation in New York City with stringent vaccine edict: Tim Pool|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/de-blasio-segregation-new-york-city-vaccine-mandate|access-date=September 7, 2021|website=Fox News}} When Pool contracted COVID-19 in November of that year, he told his audience that he was prescribed and had taken ivermectin, known to be ineffective against the virus, along with monoclonal antibodies, an effective treatment.
In April 2022, Pool and The Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing purchased a billboard in Times Square to accuse Taylor Lorenz of doxxing the Twitter account Libs of TikTok. In response, Lorenz called the billboard "so idiotic it's hilarious".{{Cite web |last=Allsop |first=Jon |date=April 27, 2022 |title=Piers Morgan, Donald Trump, and the doomed transatlantic culture wars |url=https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/morgan_trump_interview_talktv.php |access-date=April 28, 2022 |website=Columbia Journalism Review}}
In November 2022, Pool interviewed rapper and presidential candidate Kanye West on his podcast, Timcast IRL. West's political advisors, alt-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos and white supremacist Nick Fuentes also participated in the interview. The interview came days after West and Fuentes met with former President Trump. During the interview, West made a series of antisemitic statements, including claims about a Jewish conspiracy controlling the American government and media. Pool criticized West's comments on Jews, saying "I'm gonna disagree with you." After Pool refused to criticize Jews, West and his advisors walked out of the interview.{{Cite web |last=Silverman |first=Robert |date=November 28, 2022 |title=Kanye West Storms Out of Interview After Tim Pool Lightly Defends Jews |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/kanye-west-storms-out-of-interview-after-tim-pool-lightly-defends-jews|access-date= December 5, 2022 |website=Daily Beast}}{{Cite web |last=Wulfsohn|first=Joseph|date=November 28, 2022 |title=Kanye West abruptly leaves Tim Pool podcast while discussing antisemitism charges|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/kanye-west-abruptly-leaves-tim-pool-podcast-discussing-antisemitism-charges|access-date= December 5, 2022 |website=Fox News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Horowitz |first=Justin |date=November 29, 2022 |title=YouTuber Tim Pool praises neo-Nazi ally Milo Yiannopoulos and rapper Ye |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/tim-pool/youtuber-tim-pool-praises-neo-nazi-ally-milo-yiannopoulos-and-rapper-ye|access-date= December 5, 2022 |website=Media Matters}}
According to The Independent, BuzzFeed News, and The Daily Dot, Pool has a "primarily right-wing audience".{{cite news |last1=Goforth |first1=Claire |date=November 13, 2020 |title=MAGA star who predicted 50-state Trump victory says he's single because of feminism |work=The Daily Dot |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/tim-pool-single-feminism/ |quote=...for a certain sect of the Make American Great Again crowd, the beanie-topped internet personality is a yuge deal.}}{{cite news |last1=Kantrowitz |first1=Alex |date=July 15, 2019 |title=How Silicon Valley's Angry Right Wing Sends Its Message To Washington, DC |work=BuzzFeed News |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/how-silicon-valleys-angry-right-wing-sends-its-message-to |access-date=December 30, 2020 |quote=...after users watched videos by Tim Pool and Dave Rubin, commentators popular among the right.}}
In September 2024, U.S. federal prosecutors charged two employees of Russia's state-controlled media network RT of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act, conspiracy to commit money laundering and of allegedly launching a $10 million propaganda scheme that enlisted popular right-wing social media influencers. The indictment describes, but does not mention by name, Tenet Media, which has partnered with commentators Pool, Dave Rubin, Lauren Southern, Benny Johnson, Matt Christiansen, and Tayler Hansen.{{cite web |last1=Woodward |first1=Alex |title=US accuses Russian state media of enlisting right-wing influencers to meddle in election |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-rt-criminal-charges-russia-b2607174.html |website=The Independent |publisher=Independent Digital News & Media Ltd |access-date=5 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906155612/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-rt-criminal-charges-russia-b2607174.html |archive-date=6 September 2024 |language=en |date=4 September 2024 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |date=2024-09-04 |title=US conservative influencers say they are 'victims' of Russian disinformation campaign |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/05/tim-pool-benny-johnson-influencers-russia-disinformation |access-date=2024-09-05 |work=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906013358/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/05/tim-pool-benny-johnson-influencers-russia-disinformation |archive-date=2024-09-06 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |url-status=live}} Pool matches the indictment's description of "Commentator-2", who it alleges agreed to provide content to Tenet Media in exchange for "$100k per weekly episode".{{cite web |last1=Becket |first1=Stefan |last2=Quinn |first2=Melissa |date=2024-09-04 |title=U.S. says Russia funded media company that paid right-wing influencers millions for videos |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-tenet-media-right-wing-influencers-justice-department/ |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=CBS News |publisher=Paramount Global |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907080738/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-tenet-media-right-wing-influencers-justice-department/ |archive-date=2024-09-07 |language=en |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Reilly |first1=Ryan J. |last2=Rubin |first2=Lisa |last3=Zadrozny |first3=Brandy |last4=Ingram |first4=David |author3-link=Brandy Zadrozny |date=2024-09-04 |title=Russian money was funneled to right-wing creators through a pro-Trump media outlet, prosecutors say |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/russian-money-was-funneled-right-wing-creators-trump-media-outlet-pros-rcna169611 |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=NBC News |publisher=Comcast |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906012440/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/russian-money-was-funneled-right-wing-creators-trump-media-outlet-pros-rcna169611 |archive-date=2024-09-06 |language=en |url-status=live}} In his response to the indictment on Twitter, Pool, who had previously stated that Ukraine was one of the United States' enemies,{{cite web |last1=Myers |first1=Steven Lee |last2=Bensinger |first2=Ken |last3=Rutenberg |first3=Jim |date=2024-09-07 |title=How Russia Found Its Way Into America's Conservative Media |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/business/media/russia-tenet-media-tim-pool.html |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=The New York Times}}{{cite web |last=Gold |first=Hadas |date=2024-09-07 |title=How some of the biggest right-wing media stars ended up as unwitting puppets of Russian propaganda |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/07/media/tenet-media-russia-rt-tim-pool-dave-rubin-lauren-chen/index.html |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=CNN}} stated that he was unaware of the company's connections to Russian funding and declared himself a victim of the alleged scheme. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said "the company never disclosed to the influencers{{snd}}or to their millions of followers{{snd}}its ties to RT and the Russian government".
==Other activities==
In 2014, Pool helped launch Tagg.ly, a mobile app that watermarks photos. Pool said he was interested in this kind of application due to experiences where others used his photographs without attribution.{{Cite web |last=Burgett |first=Gannon |date=May 6, 2014 |title=Tagg.ly Makes For Simple Watermarking of Photos on iOS |url=https://petapixel.com/2014/05/06/tagg-ly-makes-for-simple-watermarking-of-photos-on-ios/ |access-date=April 2, 2019 |website=PetaPixel}}{{cite news |last1=Reid |first1=Alastair |title=Taggly app launches to watermark images and video |url=https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/vice-journalist-to-launch-taggly-watermark-ugc-app/s2/a555538/ |access-date=December 30, 2020 |work=journalism.co.uk |date=April 29, 2014}}
In 2019, he co-founded the news company Subverse, which raised $1 million in 22 hours via regulation crowdfunding in 2019, surpassing the previous record on Wefunder.{{Cite web|url=https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2019/10/152638-crowdfunding-on-wefunder-subversenews-tops-1-million-in-22-hours/|title=Crowdfunding on Wefunder, SubverseNews Tops $1 Million in 22 Hours|last=Alois|first=J. D.|date=October 9, 2019|website=Crowdfund Insider|access-date=October 20, 2019}} The service was later renamed SCNR. Pool partnered with Emily Molli and former Vice editor-in-chief Rocco Castoro, although Pool later fired both of them in January 2021.{{cite news |last1=McKay |first1=Tom |date=March 11, 2020 |title=YouTuber Tim Pool Sounds Like He's Doing Great Except for Alleged Cat Hostage Thing |work=Gizmodo |url=https://gizmodo.com/youtuber-tim-pool-sounds-like-hes-doing-great-except-fo-1846459397 |access-date=March 12, 2021}}
In 2022, he collaborated with drummer Pete Parada to release two singles "Genocide" and "Only Ever Wanted". "Only Ever Wanted" reached the No. 2 spot on the global iTunes chart.{{citation|date=2022-08-27 |title=Tim Pool's 'Only Ever Wanted' Rockets Up iTunes Music Chart |url=https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/tim-pool-only-ever-wanted-itunes-pete-parada/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Hollywood in Toto}} The single was most downloaded on the Billboard charts in September 2022 in Alternative Digital Song Sales.{{Cite magazine |last=Cabral |first=R. J. |date=2020-06-09 |title=Alternative Digital Song Sales |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-digital-song-sales/ |access-date=2022-09-26 |magazine=Billboard}} Both singles reached the No. 1 spot on iTunes.
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Like several other "alt-right gateway" or "alt-lite" figures, Pool presents himself as a disaffected liberal in order to convey authenticity.{{Cite journal |last1=Mann |first1=Marcus |last2=Zulli |first2=Diana |last3=Foote |first3=Jeremy |last4=Ku |first4=Emily |last5=Primm |first5=Emily |date=January 2023 |title=Unsorted Significance: Examining Potential Pathways to Extreme Political Beliefs and Communities on Reddit |journal=Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World |language=en |volume=9 |pages=237802312311748 |doi=10.1177/23780231231174823 |issn=2378-0231|doi-access=free }} In 2019, Pool described himself as a centrist or "center libertarian left", and rejected a left–right political paradigm for both self-description and in other contexts, instead dividing the public into those who are "discerning" and "skeptical" regarding mainstream media (which Pool describes intertwined with left-wing politics) and those who are "undiscerning" and "uninitiated". Pool has criticized anti-fascist protestors and progressive social justice movements.{{Cite journal |last=Lewis |first=Rebecca |date=October 17, 2019 |title="This Is What the News Won't Show You": YouTube Creators and the Reactionary Politics of Micro-celebrity |journal=Television & New Media |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=201–217 |doi=10.1177/1527476419879919 |s2cid=210372373}}{{rp|210}} He had said that "the news is dying" and that in trying to appeal to young people with sensationalism, it skews towards liberal and left-leaning audiences.{{rp|211}}A 2019 article in the journal Television & New Media analyzed Pool and two other YouTube influencers, Dave Rubin and Blaire White, as combining "micro-celebrity pratices with a reactionary political standpoint".{{rp|201}} Prior to Occupy Wall Street in 2011, Pool sometimes described himself as being anti-authoritarian or "pro-transparency", but not as very political.
A July 2019 Vice article described Pool as "a right-wing media figure", while another Vice article from the same month described him as "lefty" and "progressive".{{Cite web |last=Uberti |first=David |date=July 26, 2019 |title=Tulsi Gabbard's $50M Google Lawsuit Takes a Page from the Far-Right Playbook |url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3navw/tulsi-gabbards-dollar50-million-google-lawsuit-takes-a-page-from-the-far-right-playbook |access-date=October 20, 2019 |website=Vice |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Makuch |first=Ben |date=July 10, 2019 |title=Trump Invites Fringe Social Media Company Popular With Nazis to the White House |url=https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/qv7q87/trump-invites-fringe-social-media-company-popular-with-nazis-to-the-white-house |access-date=October 20, 2019 |website=Vice |language=en}} In 2019, Politico said Pool "describes himself as a pro-Bernie Sanders social liberal" but said his "views on issues including social media bias and immigration often align with conservatives'".{{Cite web |last=Overly |first=Steven |date=July 11, 2019 |title=Social media gadflies gather for airing of grievances with Trump |url=https://politi.co/2LfEebx |access-date=October 20, 2019 |website=Politico |language=en}}
According to Al Jazeera in 2020, "Pool has amplified claims that conservative media endure persecution and bias at the hands of tech companies."{{Cite web |date=July 11, 2020 |title=Critics slam Trump 'social media summit' over far-right invitees |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/07/critics-slam-trump-social-media-summit-invitees-190711192827727.html |access-date=October 20, 2019 |publisher=Al Jazeera}} On August 24, 2020, Pool announced his support for Donald Trump in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, writing that he felt alienated by changes he perceived in the modern left.{{Cite news |last=Sommer |first=Will |date=March 11, 2021 |title=YouTube Star Tim Pool's News Site Collapses Amid Allegations He Took a Cat Hostage |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/youtube-star-tim-pools-news-site-collapses-amid-allegations-he-took-a-cat-hostage |work=The Daily Beast |language=en}}
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".{{Cite web |last=Edison Hayden |first=Michael |date=July 7, 2021 |title='We Make Mistakes': Twitter's Embrace of the Extreme Far Right |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/07/07/we-make-mistakes-twitters-embrace-extreme-far-right |access-date=July 8, 2021 |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en}} In 2022, NBC News referred to Pool as a "right-wing influencer".{{Cite web |last1=Goggin |first1=Ben |last2=Tenbarge |first2=Kat |date=November 23, 2022 |title=Right-wing influencers and media double down on anti-LGBTQ rhetoric in the wake of the Colorado shooting |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/right-wing-influencers-media-double-anti-lgbtq-rhetoric-wake-colorado-rcna58371 |access-date=27 June 2023 |website=NBC News}} BBC News in 2023 said Pool's podcasts "cover right-wing talking points and conspiracy theories".{{Cite news |last1=Sardarizadeh |first1=Shayan |last2=Wendling |first2=Mike |date=2023-05-09 |title=Why some people are spreading false rumours about the Texas gunman |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65539698 |access-date=2023-07-16 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |quote=There's no evidence that Garcia was inspired to action by Mr Pool's podcasts, which cover right-wing talking points and conspiracy theories. But Mr Pool immediately tried to cast doubt on the veracity of the material, accusing those digging up the material as being part of a "psyop".}} The New York Times in 2023 described Pool's podcast as "extreme right-wing", and Pool himself as "right-wing" and a "provocateur".{{Cite web |first=Lola |last=Fadulu |date=10 May 2023 |title=In Trump's Trial, a Secret Fight Over a Juror's Right-Wing News Source |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/nyregion/trump-carroll-trial-juror-right-wing-podcast.html |website=The New York Times}} Le Monde in 2024 described Pool as a "star influencer" of the "American far right",{{Cite news |last1=Reynaud |first1=Florian |last2=Leloup |first2=Damien |date=2024-09-05 |title=US crackdown on Tenet Media reveals ongoing Russian election interference |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2024/09/05/russian-interference-in-the-us-presidential-election-behind-the-obscure-tenet-media-the-persistent-shadow-of-rt_6724972_13.html |access-date=2024-09-08 |work=Le Monde |language=en |quote=However, the company has managed to attract some big names from the American far right, such as its star influencer Tim Pool... At the same time, he shifted politically, increasingly collaborating with hard-right influencers over the past 10 years.}} and a 2023 article in the Journal of Quantitative Description described Pool as "extreme right".{{cite journal |last1=Lorenz |first1=Andrea |last2=Schmitt |first2=Carolyn |last3=McGregor |first3=Shannon |last4=Malmer |first4=Daniel |date=6 September 2023 |title="CNN Can Kiss My As$": A Novel Description of Hyperpartisan U.S. News Consumers |url=https://journalqd.org/article/view/4062 |journal=Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media |volume=3 |doi=10.51685/jqd.2023.015 |issn=2673-8813 |quote=Take, for example, Tim Pool, now an extreme-right YouTube magnate..."|doi-access=free }}
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.{{Cite web |last=Gold |first=Hadas |date=2024-09-07 |title=How some of the biggest right-wing media stars ended up as unwitting puppets of Russian propaganda |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/07/media/tenet-media-russia-rt-tim-pool-dave-rubin-lauren-chen/index.html |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=CNN Business |language=en}} Pool supported Trump in the 2024 United States presidential election.
=Meeting with Netanyahu=
In April 2025, Pool was one of a group of podcasters who met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Blair House in Washington D.C., as part of an ongoing effort to push back against anti-Israel trends in the right-wing media world:
Among those in attendance were podcasters including Dave Rubin, Tim Pool and former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, writers Bethany Mandel and David J. Harris Jr., influencer Jessica Kraus, Commentary senior editor Seth Mandel and Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway.Pool expressed concerns about increased antisemitism and anti-Zionism in the pro-Trump podcasting space, according to sources in the room. Pool famously had Kanye West on his podcast, and the rapper walked out mid-interview after Pool pushed back against antisemitic comments.
Responding to Pool, Netanyahu said that is the reason he invited the group to meet with him.{{cite web|url=https://jewishinsider.com/2025/04/netanyahu-pushes-back-on-anti-israel-trends-in-meeting-with-podcasters/|title=Netanyahu pushes back on anti-Israel trends in meeting with podcasters|author=Harkov, Lahav|website=JewishInsider.com|access-date=April 8, 2025}}
Personal life
Pool lives in West Virginia.{{Cite tweet |number=1734608119354015792 |user=Timcast |title=our hq is in west virginia |author=Tim Pool}} Prior to the Occupy movement, Pool lived with his brother in Newport News, Virginia, where he played guitar and made skateboarding videos. In 2025, Pool married his girlfriend, Alison Neubauer, with whom he is expecting a child.{{Cite web |last=Member |first=Daniel Seddon Entertainment Reporter Newsweek Is A. Trust Project |date=2024-10-23 |title=Is Tim Pool quitting his podcast? Everything we know |url=https://www.newsweek.com/tim-pool-podcast-quit-latest-1973420 |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}
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