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As of 3:39PM ET, CNN is reporting shot and Wikipedia has already a death date.

>>myth_d+(OP)
I'm not seeing that death date. And history shows that even traditional news outlets can be badly wrong in the immediate aftermath of a shooting. James Brady didn't die in 1981 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brady#Shooting - even with "all major media outlets" (per Wikipedia) saying that he did.

>>bell-c+B2
Kirk's wikipedia page is currently abuzz with edits and reversions of those edits, many of which are pronouncing him dead.

>>bell-c+B2
Watching the video of his shooting may change your perspective. I don't advise you do, though I'll absolutely confirm it would be miraculous to come back from something like what the video shows.

>>cloudf+S4
I'm convinced there are people whose first thought when someone dies is to race to update Wikipedia for some definition of clout.

I find it weird, at best.

>>rkomor+f5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiJackal

>>Fergus+96
Makes sense!

>>rtaylo+a5
It was an absolutely brutal video to watch. I agree. Even with the absolute best field first aid, EMS and surgical response, arterial bleeding I think has a 60% survival rate? Again, if everything goes perfectly, timed perfectly etc.

>>myth_d+(OP)
I strongly disagree with Charlie Kirk, but doctors pronounce him dead, not the media or Wikipedia.

Edit: it's official, he's dead (it wasn't confirmed when I originally posted this). Condolences to his wife and small kids.

>>myth_d+(OP)
Their source is Donald Trump: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1151819349918...

>>myth_d+(OP)
Trump "tweeted" that Kirk is dead on truth social

>>bell-c+B2
>I'm not seeing that death date.

Browsers don't show the page updating, easy to imagine that it's flickering on and off several times a minute at this point.

>>Fergus+96
TIL there's a term for this! I've always been quite troubled by this propensity some people have to be the first to report the death of someone famous.