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Orrex

(66,835 posts)
37. 95% of their energy, or more? Seriously?
Wed May 24, 2017, 07:54 AM
May 2017

I'd be interested to learn who is doing that.

I've seen plenty of Mensch threads, most of which are either regurgitations of her tweets or else links to articles on her blog. These threads often attract critics and skeptics, but that's appropriate and is to be expected.

I've seen far fewer OPs started about her by her skeptics, and several of those have in fact been complaints about her supporters' rejection of her skeptics.

Among her non-supporters, the overwhelming majority that I've seen have simply been calling for corroboration or have been urging readers to "wait and see" before heralding her proclamations as true. Several, with credibly asserted expertise, have identified basic and fundamental errors in some of her claims, and these errors alone should cause us to keep her at arm's length until she's demonstrated a more clearly successful track record.

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Mensch gets backup from CNN analyst: [View all] Kingofalldems May 2017 OP
We still have jackets JHB May 2017 #1
We all thought that back in MARCH! Chemisse May 2017 #2
Lol. Are you sure you didn't get it from Mensch in March 2016? Hortensis May 2017 #38
And this: Kingofalldems May 2017 #3
Tweet's gone - what did it say? n/t moonscape May 2017 #16
Pretty much what the OP one said. Kingofalldems May 2017 #18
There's some legs to this story, to be sure Mr. Ected May 2017 #4
Thanks for posting Seth Abramson's tweet. N/T emulatorloo May 2017 #5
Thank you. mhw May 2017 #6
Hmm, maybe we should focus on the message, rather than messenger, where Mensch et al are concerned! FreepFryer May 2017 #7
Thanks. You are correct. mhw May 2017 #8
She has a Wikipedia entry, if you want to know more about her. Demit May 2017 #10
Some people here are oddly obsessed with "discrediting" her Warren DeMontague May 2017 #9
So true. Kingofalldems May 2017 #11
She's just not a reliable journalist Bradical79 May 2017 #12
As I said in a different thread, I don't think anyone here is gonna confuse her with the WaPo. Warren DeMontague May 2017 #13
Yeah, that I agree with Bradical79 May 2017 #22
You're making several big statements Orrex May 2017 #30
Are you kidding, man? Warren DeMontague May 2017 #36
95% of their energy, or more? Seriously? Orrex May 2017 #37
Seems a disproportionate amount of energy on the matter. Warren DeMontague May 2017 #41
Fair enough Orrex May 2017 #42
I blame my Warren DeMontague May 2017 #43
Be careful with those things, dammit! Orrex May 2017 #44
sounds like journalism to me bigtree May 2017 #14
Nonsense Bradical79 May 2017 #20
Mainstream journalists bigtree May 2017 #27
Sounds like advocacy, not journalism. kwassa May 2017 #23
we can pretend advocacy isn't part of journalism bigtree May 2017 #25
The tweet in the OP isn't journalism, and it isn't advocacy. It's rumor. Demit May 2017 #35
this is a discussion board bigtree May 2017 #39
Everything you just wrote is exactly what I'm doing. Demit May 2017 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author RandomAccess May 2017 #17
I'm just so uncomfortable with the cult-like response to her tweets. Chemisse May 2017 #15
the 'religious fervor' criticism is bullshit bigtree May 2017 #19
Her track record is not great Orrex May 2017 #33
His tweet thread is interesting - what he thinks of moonscape May 2017 #21
Mensch calls out Seth - "Then and Now" womanofthehills May 2017 #24
+1 bigtree May 2017 #28
I hope so. BainsBane May 2017 #26
It's a yes or no question, and the word "may" makes this something less than a prediction. Orsino May 2017 #29
And the analyst's sources themselves apparently only used the word may! Demit May 2017 #32
Imagining that a Trump cohort might return Trump's famous lack of loyalty by turning on him... Orsino May 2017 #34
Mensch.... berksdem May 2017 #31
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