I know that this sounds stupid, but a part of me feels that he could very well be a glowie, or is some sort of informant/agent for a third party. I mean, he didn't even graduate high school (or at the very least, he never got a college degree) and he becomes a renowned journalist around the time Occupy Wall Street happens? Perhaps that is within the realm of possibility, but it honestly seems a bit suspicious, especially since these days you need a tremendous amount of connections in order to really get anywhere in life.