Inclusion of details of Artie Lange s suicide before official confirmation is inappropriate I don t feel remotely comfortable about this the addition of details about Lange s alleged suicide attempt I fear that editors would get their panties in a bunch if I attempted to remove sourced information so I would really like to get a second opinion here are my issues with the source the New York Post is a well known publication but it s also a salacious tabloid with a track record of printing vast amounts of harmful and mean spirited gossip That s not to say that we should never use the Post as a source but in this case it seems hopelessly shady if you read the article it uses only vague anonymous sources and doesn t allude to any confirmation from hospital or law enforcement authorities or from Artie s family or representatives Most importantly the anonymously sourced article is the only news source claiming Artie has stabbed himself All other articles covering the suicide attempt refer to the New York Post as their only reference Until some independent confirmation of Artie s status can be given it does not seem appropriate to reprint such sensitive and personal details in a BLP NOTE this post has also been copied to the BLP Noticeboard