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Interesting article on Louise Mensch's Conspiracy Theories (Original Post) titaniumsalute May 2017 OP
someone else on here made a post that said she works for Rupert Murdoch...so luvMIdog May 2017 #1
YEah I saw that after I posted this titaniumsalute May 2017 #2
She, at one time, worked for a Murdoch paper justiceischeap May 2017 #4
I agree 100% titaniumsalute May 2017 #8
Yeah, I don't follow her except for reporting here on DU... Wounded Bear May 2017 #25
The 'post' JustAnotherGen May 2017 #6
The post in question linked to an article from sixteen months ago... JHB May 2017 #11
Someone else on here made a post that aliens exist, so I've been watching the sky every night L. Coyote May 2017 #30
Also notice, a majority of DU'ers who prop her up have low post counts snooper2 May 2017 #31
Lol. I have low post cts & have support for anyone outing Trump/Putin mhw May 2017 #35
i enjoy her posts.. samnsara May 2017 #3
The "FISA court issuing an indictment" & the "Supremacy Clause means he can't be prosecuted" Demit May 2017 #5
We're in that period between "scoop revelation" and mass media confirmation Mr. Ected May 2017 #7
It isn't character assassinating them per say titaniumsalute May 2017 #9
As much as I doubt Mensch, isn't Observer.com part of Observer media--still owned by Jared Kushner? hlthe2b May 2017 #10
I read he didn't own it any longer titaniumsalute May 2017 #12
He Still Owns It Me. May 2017 #27
This article says differently? titaniumsalute May 2017 #28
The article cites a CNN article that says the stake will go into a "family trust" for which pnwmom May 2017 #32
Correct titaniumsalute May 2017 #33
Notice The Quotation Marks In The Article Me. May 2017 #36
Seriously? The Observer calling Mensch fake news? mhw May 2017 #13
The part about the FISA and sealed Indictments are 100% true titaniumsalute May 2017 #19
Did the "credible" Observer also mention all the other statements by Louise that mhw May 2017 #20
I'd love to see an actual list of what she has got correct and incorrect titaniumsalute May 2017 #22
Here's a most recent one: mhw May 2017 #23
I tried to follow her titaniumsalute May 2017 #24
She has had to delete many new followers with low counts recently mhw May 2017 #26
Vanity Fair Feb 2017.. re:Louise Mensch mhw May 2017 #14
Ms. Mensch has nice teeth. MineralMan May 2017 #15
She knew they were Ryan recordings weeks ago! Madam45for2923 May 2017 #16
She did. She definitely has sources, details not always quite right, but she has some leads Justice May 2017 #17
Yep! She was quite specific about it. Madam45for2923 May 2017 #18
Yes her sources don't have to sanitize their intel through US Media. mhw May 2017 #21
I'm deciding whether to keep following her or not. erinlough May 2017 #29
He is one writer in the Observer. John Schindler is another writer there who supports pnwmom May 2017 #34

luvMIdog

(2,533 posts)
1. someone else on here made a post that said she works for Rupert Murdoch...so
Thu May 18, 2017, 07:23 AM
May 2017

I'm not paying any attention to her. She could be planting stories hoping the dems will run with false stories & end up with egg on our faces

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)
2. YEah I saw that after I posted this
Thu May 18, 2017, 07:26 AM
May 2017

Not sure about the Rupert thing but frankly she could easily be "Fake News." Hey why not.

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
4. She, at one time, worked for a Murdoch paper
Thu May 18, 2017, 07:30 AM
May 2017

From what I understand it was a small regional mag so not something that foments a lot of deep sources.

I could go on Twitter and start a blog and spout off my theories and probably end up being just as correct as she has been (stopped clock and all that).

I tend to stay away from her stories because it smacks way too much of fake news/InfoWars for the left by a righty for me to invest in.

WaPo, NY Times, WSJ, Reuters, hell, even Buzzfeed gives me ample news to be happy about.

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)
8. I agree 100%
Thu May 18, 2017, 07:50 AM
May 2017

That also goes for that stupid Rogue WH Staff Twitter account. I mean really I could do the exact same thing from my recliner I'm sitting in right now.

Wounded Bear

(58,440 posts)
25. Yeah, I don't follow her except for reporting here on DU...
Thu May 18, 2017, 12:18 PM
May 2017

but she strikes me as a "Left leaning" Drudge wannabe, hoping for her Monica Lewinski story to put her into the national spotlight.

JustAnotherGen

(31,688 posts)
6. The 'post'
Thu May 18, 2017, 07:47 AM
May 2017

Referenced an article from January 2016 - and it was / is well known she worked for Murdoch - and her prior political position(s).

JHB

(37,133 posts)
11. The post in question linked to an article from sixteen months ago...
Thu May 18, 2017, 08:03 AM
May 2017

...in that distant time before any primary or caucus votes had been cast for either party. It distinctly lacked any mention that she stopped working for NewsCorp within the year.

It's kind of a big thing to leave out.

In fact, the obsessive aura around some posts against Mensch and the sheer ineptness of their promulgating claims that can be checked and debunked within about 2 minutes have left me joking that they're actually sly campaigns to drive traffic to her sites.

Mensch is a self-identified conservative (British version), so boatloads of caution are warranted She can tweet all she likes, but everyone needs to remember that until the frogmarches begin it's little more than vaporware.

I've seen some of her stuff from retweets, and things posted here on DU and elsewhere, and have been pretty indifferent about her; I see no need to treat her stuff the way people can breathlessly await the latest trailer for a movie that has an actual release date.

But the kamikaze attempts at driving people away from her have become quite interesting.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
30. Someone else on here made a post that aliens exist, so I've been watching the sky every night
Thu May 18, 2017, 01:00 PM
May 2017
just pointing out the logic problem

She worked for a news service that was owned by a Murdock entity, got demoted apparently for her Never Trump politics, and is no longer working there. I assume because she has been tweeting stories and posting blogs they don't like.
 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
31. Also notice, a majority of DU'ers who prop her up have low post counts
Thu May 18, 2017, 01:02 PM
May 2017

Not ALL who support and want to "believe" but most...

Tried and true method. Plant bullshit, get people talking about it. Ignore the shiny thing over there- this is better

 

mhw

(678 posts)
35. Lol. I have low post cts & have support for anyone outing Trump/Putin
Thu May 18, 2017, 01:25 PM
May 2017

I've been a Dem all my life.
Low post cts mean nothing unless they're promoting pro Trump/Putin/ GOP demise of our USA.

There are more than enough reasons to go after Trump & his pals rather than spend the energy discrediting someone who has stepped out to expose the work of Putin.

My opinion.

samnsara

(17,572 posts)
3. i enjoy her posts..
Thu May 18, 2017, 07:29 AM
May 2017

....she was mentioned in a very positive way on a podcast that popped into my earbuds in the middle of the night.

 

Demit

(11,238 posts)
5. The "FISA court issuing an indictment" & the "Supremacy Clause means he can't be prosecuted"
Thu May 18, 2017, 07:46 AM
May 2017

were whopping tells that she doesn't know what she's talking about. She could at least have looked up what things MEAN and what agencies do what, before making such silly pronouncements. That's what a serious & responsible reporter would do.

Instead, she & Claude whoever try to impress with nonsense like "separate sources," as if the phrase itself is corroborative evidence.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
7. We're in that period between "scoop revelation" and mass media confirmation
Thu May 18, 2017, 07:50 AM
May 2017

If mass media confirmation even takes place.

With the fear of Russian bots and disinformation campaigns running rampant, I disbelieve the character assassination reports on Mensch and Taylor more than I disbelieve Mensch and Taylor.

This opinion is subject to change if corroboration is not forthcoming.

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)
9. It isn't character assassinating them per say
Thu May 18, 2017, 07:52 AM
May 2017

But their info has been really blatantly wrong especially on this sealed indictment BS.

hlthe2b

(101,730 posts)
10. As much as I doubt Mensch, isn't Observer.com part of Observer media--still owned by Jared Kushner?
Thu May 18, 2017, 07:59 AM
May 2017


Some days everything feels like competing propaganda... sigh

pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
32. The article cites a CNN article that says the stake will go into a "family trust" for which
Thu May 18, 2017, 01:05 PM
May 2017

he, Ivanka, and children are not beneficiaries.

Me.

(35,454 posts)
36. Notice The Quotation Marks In The Article
Thu May 18, 2017, 01:41 PM
May 2017

" Kushner will "no longer have an ownership stake" in the Observer business or play any role in its affairs, the company said.

It's not clear to what extent the 35-year-old Kushner will divest himself financially from the business, with CNN reporting that the stake will go into a family trust."

I'm betting that as things go with these people "not clear to what extent" has a whole different meaning than what it normally does.

 

mhw

(678 posts)
13. Seriously? The Observer calling Mensch fake news?
Thu May 18, 2017, 08:25 AM
May 2017


Now why would "The Observer" be trying so hard to discredit a independent journalist/blogger..hmm

Mensch & Taylor have been right on their leads more often than not.

I'l stick with these two & take what they report with as much skepticism as anything else I read.

Why should I take The Observer's word?


titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)
19. The part about the FISA and sealed Indictments are 100% true
Thu May 18, 2017, 10:15 AM
May 2017

I don't really know much about the Observer but it is hard to deny much of what is in this article regardless of the point of why they printed it.

 

mhw

(678 posts)
20. Did the "credible" Observer also mention all the other statements by Louise that
Thu May 18, 2017, 10:20 AM
May 2017

were absolutely correct?
Nope just a damning hit piece to discredit.

Figures.

 

mhw

(678 posts)
23. Here's a most recent one:
Thu May 18, 2017, 10:52 AM
May 2017

Helps if you've been following her & Taylor.


Louise Mensch @LouiseMensch

Well, a week ago I reported @SpeakerRyan was on tape admitting he knew Russia was funding the GOP; @WashingtonPost confirmed that yesterday

No apologies from the Mensch critics anywhere to be found ~

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)
24. I tried to follow her
Thu May 18, 2017, 12:16 PM
May 2017

Within one day she deleted me for some reason. I never even made a post/comment. I do follow Taylor.

OK there's one. Thank you.

 

mhw

(678 posts)
26. She has had to delete many new followers with low counts recently
Thu May 18, 2017, 12:28 PM
May 2017

..simply because of the attacks & trolls showing up.

Here is perhaps why she is getting hit lately:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029083001

 

mhw

(678 posts)
14. Vanity Fair Feb 2017.. re:Louise Mensch
Thu May 18, 2017, 08:47 AM
May 2017
https://www.google.com/amp/www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/02/twitter-feeds-for-keeping-up-with-trump-and-russia/amp


Louise Mensch
.
"Former Tory MP and whizbang author, Mensch, the subject of a recent Guardian profile, moved to New York in 2012 and we are the better for it.
Relentless, dauntless, irreverent, and locked-in-on-target, her open letter “Dear Mr. Putin, Let’s Play Chess” is a must-read primer and prescient as hell.
Her Twitter feed is like Sherlock Holmes on jet-boots and infused with James Bond elan; also humor, which always helps."

The article also highlights other fine journalists/ writers/Speakers who have agenda in outing Trump.


Justice

(7,182 posts)
17. She did. She definitely has sources, details not always quite right, but she has some leads
Thu May 18, 2017, 09:35 AM
May 2017

I really questioned the whole Ryan is on tape talking about Russian money thing, but low and behold, there it is.
 

Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
18. Yep! She was quite specific about it.
Thu May 18, 2017, 09:37 AM
May 2017

and keeps saying FVEY have a lot of the goods and are sharing with our CI

 

mhw

(678 posts)
21. Yes her sources don't have to sanitize their intel through US Media.
Thu May 18, 2017, 10:23 AM
May 2017

I enjoy her & Taylor's reporting. They're as legit as any US media source.

erinlough

(2,176 posts)
29. I'm deciding whether to keep following her or not.
Thu May 18, 2017, 12:46 PM
May 2017

At first she was interesting, but the constant self promoting is tedious. I have no doubt she guessed some things correctly, we all do. Most people don't see the need for 20 tweets saying, "see I got it right!" She kind of reminds me of the twittler.

pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
34. He is one writer in the Observer. John Schindler is another writer there who supports
Thu May 18, 2017, 01:07 PM
May 2017

Mensch and Taylor.

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