In response to the appointment, some commentators and faculty critics have raised concerns about how Ostermann’s record aligns with Notre Dame’s Catholic mission
Western officials seized on a dubious death toll of 30,000 protesters to escalate against Iran. The number originates with a single, clearly compromised source. But a zealously pro-war Guardian reporter is doing her best to legitimize it.
This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. The claim of “30,000 killed” during two days of protests and rioting across Iran appears to be based largely on a single anonymous source, who admitted extrapolating that figure by assuming without evidence that “officially registered deaths related to the crackdown likely represent less than 10% of the real number of fatalities.” That quote was attributed by The Guardian to an alleged doctor whose real name the newspaper refused to publish, but whose identity it claimed to have verified. Originating in TIME Magazine on January 25th, the dubious “30,000” claim was quickly amplified by The Guardian, a key…Open