![]() Although Posobiec disseminates his propaganda primarily through Twitter, he helped build his reputation through a variety of different right-wing outfits including Canada’s Rebel News, the embattled cable channel One America News Network (OANN), Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast, and the fringe news and opinion website Human Events. By tweeting to his massive following, Posobiec helped Stone’s anti-democracy “Stop the Steal” project go viral. Posobiec has described Stone, a former Donald Trump adviser and convicted felon who was pardoned by Trump in 2020, as a mentor. Posobiec rose to prominence during the 2016 election while working as an operative for the Roger Stone-linked 501(c)4 organization Citizens for Trump. He posts thousands of times per month on Twitter, with his verified status helping draw hundreds of millions of impressions. CBS News told SPLC’s Hatewatch in 2020 that Posobiec never worked for them. Twitter verified Posobiec following a half-year period in which he claimed “fmr CBS News” in his profile biography on the site. The social media company Twitter helped make Posobiec into a public figure by verifying his account in April 2017. ![]() ![]() Jack Posobiec presents himself to the public, misleadingly, as a journalist.
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