Tim Pool Shot At

[Chesterton]

BREAKING: Gunman opens fire on Tim Pool’s property overnight

“This is the price we pay for speaking out against evil.”

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[iluvatar5150]

Maybe it was one of his former Russian backers wanting his money back.

Also:

lol, Mike Flynn (speaking of people with Russian backers) complaining about divisiveness and people manufacturing crises... classic

 

[Chesterton]

Maybe it was one of his former Russian backers wanting his money back.

lol, Mike Flynn (speaking of people with Russian backers) complaining about divisiveness and people manufacturing crises... classic

What exactly is a "Russian backer", and what's your beef with them?

 

[chevyontheriver]

Maybe it was one of his former Russian backers wanting his money back.

Also:
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lol, Mike Flynn (speaking of people with Russian backers) complaining about divisiveness and people manufacturing crises... classic

Are you saying he had it coming?

 

[iluvatar5150]

What exactly is a "Russian backer", and what's your beef with them?

For a while, his show was being produced/paid by a front company for Russian propagandists.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Are you saying he had it coming?

no

I also don’t accept the assumption that it was because of his political activism.

But no, he didn’t have it coming.

 

[Chesterton]

For a while, his show was being produced/paid by a front company for Russian propagandists.

I checked on it, and yes they allegedly contributed (nothing's been proven yet), but it did not produce and fund his show. Is Ilhan Omar a Somali propagandist? What was this Russian propaganda saying?

Tim Pool's never been charged with any wrongdoing, so I have no idea why you put that in this thread.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

Maybe it was one of his former Russian backers wanting his money back.

Given the backdrop of several recent events...

That seems less likely than "zealot nutjob who views heterodox viewpoints as threatening trying to take matters into their own hands"


If we're going to go down the rabbit hole of entertaining "bordering on conspiracy" theories about why someone would shoot at him, given his more recent rhetoric, Mossad would be a bigger culprit than Russia, wouldn't it?

Admittedly, I haven't listened to Pool in a few months (I listen to a pretty big variety of various podcasts and and shows spanning the spectrum), but the last time I did listen to him, he was still on the thought train of being critical of Ukrainian funding, and suggesting that Western nations were provoking Russia by crossing red lines.

So not sure why they'd want him whacked.

 

[iluvatar5150]

I checked on it, and yes they allegedly contributed (nothing's been proven yet), but it did not produce and fund his show.

The case is still ongoing, but according to the indictment, they paid Poole $100k per episode. In media production world, the title "producer" is annoyingly ambiguous and can have a bunch of different meanings with one of them being "financier." That's how Trump's first Treasury Secretary, Steve Mnuchin, had so many EP credits - he didn't make the films; he financed them. Even if the Russians provided no guidance on the content (which would be odd since they allegedly sought him out as part of a deliberate propaganda campaign and paid him a couple million dollars to develop content), financing is still "producing."

What was this Russian propaganda saying?

I don't know. The indictment didn't say.

Tim Pool's never been charged with any wrongdoing, so I have no idea why you put that in this thread.

I was making a joke about his being a Russian stooge. That he was doing so unwittingly makes it even funnier IMO.

Given the backdrop of several recent events...

That seems less likely than "zealot nutjob who views heterodox viewpoints as threatening trying to take matters into their own hands"


If we're going to go down the rabbit hole of entertaining "bordering on conspiracy" theories about why someone would shoot at him, given his more recent rhetoric, Mossad would be a bigger culprit than Russia, wouldn't it?

Admittedly, I haven't listened to Pool in a few months (I listen to a pretty big variety of various podcasts and and shows spanning the spectrum), but the last time I did listen to him, he was still on the thought train of being critical of Ukrainian funding, and suggesting that Western nations were provoking Russia by crossing red lines.

So not sure why they'd want him whacked.

I was making a joke.

Without knowing who did the shooting, it's impossible to know why. Maybe it was just some randos getting drunk and firing out their windows. Maybe it was somebody with a vendetta against guys in knit hats.

 

[Chesterton]

The case is still ongoing, but according to the indictment, they paid Poole $100k per episode. In media production world, the title "producer" is annoyingly ambiguous and can have a bunch of different meanings with one of them being "financier."

I know. I once watched the credits for a 22 minute TV sitcom. There were 3 executive producers, 12 producers, 27 co-producers, and 139 assistant producers, lol. The show was probably produced by more people than watched it. I suspect people are having lunch, and one of them says "Hey I'm starting a new project. If you pick up the tab I'll give you a producer credit".

But Tim has complete editorial control. He's seen enough to not be a dupe.

I don't know. The indictment didn't say.

I just don't get what your beef is. The aim of Russian and Chinese propaganda is to sow division to bring down America and the West. That's what your side of the aisle is already doing 24/7 anyway.

Without knowing who did the shooting, it's impossible to know why. Maybe it was just some randos getting drunk and firing out their windows. Maybe it was somebody with a vendetta against guys in knit hats.

I heard him say they had received death threats in October which were deemed credible by the FBI. And the threats came from some person(s) who are already "on their radar" for making threats to other conservative figures.