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    "source": "The Archive Ethics Project — National Policy Atlas",
    "source_url": "https://archiveethics.org/atlas",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12T05:38:47.141Z",
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    "methodology": "https://archiveethics.org/methodology",
    "codebook": "https://archiveethics.org/data/codebook.json",
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    "notice": "Live snapshot of the Archive Ethics Project Policy Atlas, not a versioned dataset release. Counts describe only listed records, not U.S. newsrooms generally. \"not_established\" means the available evidence does not establish a position; it is not \"no\". PT5 means no public policy was located, not that no policy exists. Withheld classifications are omitted. Fictional example records are marked is_example=true and must be excluded from any analysis. Columns prefixed nsmpa_ and evidence with human_verified=false are automated findings imported from NSMPA (https://github.com/kalebhoffer/nsmpa, CC BY 4.0 (compiled evidence); quoted excerpts remain the work of their publishers); they are leads, not AEP classifications, and must not be counted as such. No data license has been selected yet for AEP classifications; cite with the retrieval timestamp."
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        "first_observed_date": "2026-10-08",
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        "policy": "Telling the Story | The Associated Press",
        "version_label": null,
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        "archive_reference": null,
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        "first_observed_date": "2026-10-09",
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        "known_gaps": "Found automatically. Adoption date and earlier versions unknown.",
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      "license": "CC BY 4.0 (compiled evidence); quoted excerpts remain the work of their publishers",
      "caveat": "Automated finding from NSMPA, not yet checked by a person and not an AEP classification. It is a starting point for review, and it is never counted in Atlas statistics.",
      "entity_id": "47",
      "stance": "SUPPORTS_CHANGED_CIRCUMSTANCES",
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        "excerpt": "In those cases, the AP would also request that Google “deindex” the stories, removing them from its search results."
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        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-08",
        "excerpt": "REMOVAL OF MINOR CRIME STORIES At its discretion, The Associated Press considers requests to block old stories, photos and video about minor crimes from APNews.com and other public-facing AP sites, making them no longer accessible."
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        "excerpt": "Because eliding the historical record is also a competing concern for a news organization, such stories would continue to be part of the AP’s internal archive and on sites such as LexisNexis that make AP content available to their paid subscribers."
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        "excerpt": "When we make a correction, we point it out both to subscriber editors (e.g. in Editor’s notes, metadata, advisories to TV newsrooms) and in ways that news consumers can see it (bottom-of-story corrections, correction notes on graphics, photo captions, etc. A correction must always be labeled a correction."
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        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-09",
        "excerpt": "When we correct an error from a previous day, we ask subscribers that used the erroneous information to carry the correction as well."
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