Title: After John Dvorak accused Vivek Kundra of being a phony, Tim Oreilly shortly afterward tweeted a link to a youtube video of John "explaining how he lies to get controversy" http://twitter.com/timoreilly/status/3271565056 and later stating that he is "trolling for traffic" http://twitter.com/timoreilly/status/3272103221 Dvorak responded that this was an ad hominem attack http://twitter.com/THErealDVORAK/status/3280289449 The question is still bugging me, Is he a professional troll?<p>Some virology podcasters were recently irked that he uses a podcast with a big audience to spread H1N1 hysteria.<p>Full podcast episode: http://www.twiv.tv/2009/08/09/twiv-44-no-hysteria/<p>Dvorak clip: snippet: http://susdomestica.posterous.com/no-agenda-equals-no-knowledge<p>(I debated whether this is Hacker News worthy but decided to submit for discussion either way as up/down votes will answer this question)
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