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Created by HadesTTW ( talk), Sameboat ( talk), Leaky.Solar ( talk) and Cdjp1 ( talk). Nominated by HadesTTW ( talk) at 21:18, 26 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
The article currently contains this sentence:
"In an Al Jazeera column, Belén Fernández criticized The New York Times, which failed to mention Bushnell's motive in the title of their report, and Time, which implied that Bushnell might be mentally ill without elaborating on the "mentally disturbing" political reality, namely US backing for Israel in the Gaza conflict."
There are two points to make about this: First, the column in Al Jazeera is an opinion column (it is clearly marked as such in the site). Yet it is used here to establish two factual claims: That the NYT didn't mention Bushnell's motive in the title, and that the TIme implied that Bushnell might be mentally ill. Searching through the policy pages I didn't find any such prohibition on using opinion pieces to establish facts (so long as the facts are attributed, and the publication is reliable). Do you agree? I personally have absolutely no problem with that, but I'd like to hear other opinions.
In contrast, the second point is problematic in my view. And it is that the second "fact" mentioned by Belén Fernández seem to be incorrect. The Time in fact did not imply that Bushnell might be mentally ill. If you look at the "proof" she gives it is this: "At the bottom of the Time article, readers are charitably given the following instructions: If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental-health crisis or contemplating suicide, call or text 988 – which naturally implies that Bushnell was simply the victim of a mental-health crisis". But his seems baseless. These instructions at the bottom are today a standard announcement that any self respecting publication publishes in any report about suicide, for the obvious and justified fear that such reports might rigger suicidal people to commit suicide. It's quite farfetched to present this as "The Time implied that Bushnell might be mentally ill".
Therefore I suggest to change the sentence into: ""In an Al Jazeera column, Belén Fernández criticized The New York Times for failing to mention Bushnell's motive in the title of their report."
@ LegalSmeagolian@ Sameboat @ Parabolist @ Iskandar323@ Makeandtoss Vegan416 ( talk) 10:21, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
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"Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei highlighted Bushnell's actions in two X posts that sent a few hours apart."
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Under "See also", please add List of peace activists. I have added Bushnell to that page. Thank you.
WagePeace ( talk) 17:48, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
The death toll of 30,000 is according to the Hamas-run health ministry. It is said so in the BBC article that is cited a a source. This information should be added. 109.239.71.50 ( talk) 18:08, 5 June 2024 (UTC)