Talk:Mark Halperin

Detail of sexual assault allegations

The article needs more detail about the sexual assault allegations. Three women, for example, describe Halperin having pressed his erection against their bodies in unwanted fashion, but this information doesn't appear in the article. 76.189.141.37 (talk) 01:21, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Fixed. 76.189.141.37 (talk) 04:12, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Why no mention of the bizarre start of Halperin's sucking up to Trump as soon as he entered the race?

Most blatantly when he gushed in Aug. 2015 after being given a ride on Trump's helicopter? That was not normal for an adult, much less a political reporter.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trumps-helicopter-reporters-iowa_us_55d20262e4b07addcb4371f9

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.86.136.74 (talk) 02:55, 27 October 2017‎ (UTC)

When you produce WP:RS discussing "the bizarre start of Halperin's sucking up to Trump as soon as he entered the race" we can discuss it. Until then, it's WP:OR as to (a) what "sucking up" is, (b) whether Halperin did it to Trump, and (c) whether it was truly bizarre, or within the normal range of journalists' comments on notable politicians (like Chris Matthews' femoral tingle on hearing Barack Obama orate). loupgarous (talk) 20:06, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Wikileaks and The Gateway Pundit are not credible sources

Unless someone can find more reputable primary or secondary sources "exposing" Halperin and Milbank of "colluding with the Clinton campaign team" this claim will not be included on Halperin's page. I believe phrases like "exposed DNC insider" are either outright deceptive or contain editorialized, negative connotations. Wikipedia was designed to emphasize a claim's verifiability and neutral point of view. Neither of these are accomplished here by including these sources and so I have deleted them. ⁂ (talk) 03:47, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Came here to say the same thing. The Gateway Pundit has been known to report outright falsehoods and spread fake news. It is NOT a reliable source, and should not be included. Velociraptor888 18:09, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Commentary on his attempt to return

I removed the statement regarding Halperin's attempt to rehabilitate its image for being editorial commentary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Selethor (talk • contribs) 17:54, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

User LM2000 problems

OP blocked as sockpuppet

This page has been updated with major daily newspaper sources multiple times and use LM2000 continues to remove them. User reported my account as a sockpuppet in the back and forth edits. It's likely that the user is the subject- Mark Halperin- doing the edits.Truthfactsmatter (talk) 01:09, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Burma8888 was blocked as one of your sockpuppets, so acting like LM2000 was reporting you in bad-faith is a bad argument. LM20000 has been editing for over a decade, largely in the topic of wrestling. Looking at the history for this article, we can see that LM2000 has only made 16 edits which amounts to 0.08% of his 19,444 article edits (and has not yet edited this talk page). You have no behavioral evidence to accuse him of being Halperin, just the assumption of bad-faith (which goes against this foundational site policy). Claims about living persons are held to the highest standards for sourcing.

As for the contested edit, you cited the New York Post, which is a tabloid and not a reliable source. Please read WP:Identifying reliable sources.

@Truthfactsmatter: Your pretty obvious sockpuppetry, your wild accusations, and your citation the NY Post all have me concerned about your ability to neutrally edit this topic. I strongly recommend that you find a different topic until you learn how things work here. Ian.thomson (talk) 02:34, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Ian.thomson You are picking apart small things and makes me think you are also personally connected or paid my LM2000. I have used The Washington Post, the Hill, the New York Times, CNN. Do you consider all those outlets' reporting to be "wild accusations" And if you want to continue this false accusation of sock puppetry, I expect proof or I'll add you to the harassment list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Truthfactsmatter (talk • contribs) 03:22, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Ian.thomson You seem pretty defensive and not willing to check the sock puppet false accusation. Why? Truthfactsmatter (talk) 03:27, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Accusing LM2000 of being Halperin and accusing me of being paid by him are the sort of false accusations that our policy against personal attacks prohibits. Knock it off and read WP:Assume good faith until you understand what your problem is here or until your eyes bleed (whichever comes first).

I've come in with no prior involvement, explained what's wrong with your course of actions here (including showing awareness of the sockpuppet investigation), and pointed to important site policies and guidelines explaining what is wrong with your actions. Accusing me of being a shill who is unaware of your sockpuppetry is not the course of action you should take if you want to want to come across as a sane and reasonable adult who understand what the word "collaboration" means. Ian.thomson (talk) 03:33, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Ian.thomson would it be possible to collapse this section, or at least re-title it? Clearly there were some problems going on at this article in recent days but I'm sure few would categorize them as "LM2000 problems". Seems like a good time to invoke WP:DENY.LM2000 (talk) 08:31, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

@LM2000: Whether or not DENY applies, this thread has always been useless. Collapsing. Ian.thomson (talk) 08:42, 24 April 2021 (UTC)