Per Travis View of the podcast Qanon Anonymous the accounting department of Washington Post knew his real name, since they paid him for a column published under his pseudonym.

Plus here's his thread on it, where he points out that he publicly stated he was using a pseudonym.

There's some good pearl clutching in the article.

Also, this isn't a dox here, as he announced it live on stream, admittedly due to this article. And personally I'll just keep calling him Travis View, it's what I've heard him as for 3+ years.

  • Judge_Juche [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    The tone of that article is so petty and bitchy, like it's sounds like some editor there is just mad that the QAA podcast doing fairly well and Travis became a semi-professional commentor on Q-Anon instead of becoming a poorly paid contributor to WaPo.

    Also Logan Strain sound way more made up than the fairly inoccuous Travis View.

    • hauntingspectre [he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Yeah, there's a definite whiff of sour grapes around that article.

      And yes, I'm much more likely to believe his real name is fake versus his fake name!

  • Norm_Chumpsky [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Does this mean the Post is required by journalists ethics to call Xeni Jardin by her actual name, Jennifer Hamm?

  • comi [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    , though an Atlantic Council official said he was aware of the pseudonym. The fuck?

    • hauntingspectre [he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      They had to pay for his hotel and airline, can't do that under a pseudonym.

      • comi [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        But like atlantic council? ah, they’ve organized event, can’t read for shit

        • hauntingspectre [he/him]
          hexagon
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          4 years ago

          Why not? Travis isn't a lefty. The other two hosts are, but he's not.

          Ah, I understand the confusion.

  • half_giraffe [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    From the most recent QAA pod: "Logan Strain sounds like the name of the evil scientist who created Travis View"