Right-wing internet celebrity Mike Cernovich has sabotaged the careers of a Hollywood director, a veteran congressman, and more. Is he really calling it quits, or is this more media trolling?

With a wineglass in one hand and an iPhone in the other, right-wing internet celebrity Mike Cernovich was soaking in the hot tub at his Orange County, California, home. One of his hired hands — Cernovich calls them “weaponized autistics” — had dug up some of director James Gunn’s offensive tweets. In a few months, Cernovich was planning to premiere the documentary Hoaxed, his cinematic debut, which predictably covers “fake news,” and he worried that mainstream reporters would scour his own tweet record.

To combat potential attacks, Cernovich says he had put out a $10,000 bounty... Read More