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  "meta": {
    "source": "The Archive Ethics Project — National Policy Atlas",
    "source_url": "https://archiveethics.org/atlas",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12T06:07:21.062Z",
    "snapshot_type": "live",
    "methodology": "https://archiveethics.org/methodology",
    "codebook": "https://archiveethics.org/data/codebook.json",
    "filters": {},
    "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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    "publication": "NBC Los Angeles",
    "profile_url": "https://archiveethics.org/atlas/nbc-los-angeles",
    "is_example": false,
    "parent_institution": "NBCUniversal Local",
    "separate_from_parent": "unknown",
    "publication_type": "professional",
    "location": {
      "state": "CA",
      "city": null
    },
    "active_status": "unverified",
    "outreach_status": "not_contacted",
    "classification": {
      "withheld": "no_classification"
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      {
        "policy": "NBC Los Angeles News Standards and Publishing Principles – NBC Los Angeles",
        "version_label": null,
        "is_current": true,
        "source_url": "https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/nbc-los-angeles-news-standards-and-publishing-principles/3143345/",
        "archive_reference": null,
        "stated_effective_date": null,
        "first_observed_date": "2026-10-08",
        "last_verified_date": null,
        "adoption_evidence": null,
        "known_gaps": "Found automatically. Adoption date and earlier versions unknown.",
        "origin": "nsmpa",
        "human_verified": false
      }
    ],
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      "source": "NSMPA",
      "source_url": "https://github.com/kalebhoffer/nsmpa",
      "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": "2610",
      "stance": "SUPPORTS_CHANGED_CIRCUMSTANCES",
      "confidence": 0.7,
      "rationale": "2 distinct first-party statement(s) permit relief when outcomes/circumstances change; 1 statement(s) state a general no-removal rule (treated as the default the exception modifies)",
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        "removal": {
          "policy": "permitted",
          "practice": "none"
        },
        "deindexing": {
          "policy": "unaddressed",
          "practice": "none"
        },
        "anonymization": {
          "policy": "rejected",
          "practice": "none"
        },
        "contextual_update": {
          "policy": "unaddressed",
          "practice": null
        }
      },
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        "tier": "A",
        "focus": "Shared digital-removal standards",
        "program": "Shared digital-removal standards",
        "primary_url": "https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/nbc-los-angeles-news-standards-and-publishing-principles/3143345/",
        "owner": "NBCUniversal Local",
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        "type": "automated_lead",
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        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "NBC Los Angeles News Standards and Publishing Principles – NBC Los Angeles",
        "publisher": "NBC Los Angeles",
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        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-11",
        "excerpt": "Digital Content Removal Policy We will consider removing content from our digital platforms on a case-by-case basis."
      },
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        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
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        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "NBC Los Angeles News Standards and Publishing Principles – NBC Los Angeles",
        "publisher": "NBC Los Angeles",
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        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-11",
        "excerpt": "If the subject of a story provides proof charges were dropped, they were found not guilty or their conviction was expunged, we will consider removing the story."
      },
      {
        "evidence_id": 145,
        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
        "origin": "nsmpa",
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        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "NBC Los Angeles News Standards and Publishing Principles – NBC Los Angeles",
        "publisher": "NBC Los Angeles",
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        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-11",
        "excerpt": "We will not remove names or articles concerning violent crimes, sex crimes, crimes against children or cases of public corruption."
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        "evidence_id": 146,
        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
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        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "NBC Los Angeles News Standards and Publishing Principles – NBC Los Angeles",
        "publisher": "NBC Los Angeles",
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        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-11",
        "excerpt": "Corrections Policies If we learn that our reporting is flawed or misleading, we take prompt action and clearly disclose the mistake to our audience."
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      {
        "evidence_id": 147,
        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
        "origin": "nsmpa",
        "origin_id": "12838",
        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "NBC Los Angeles News Standards and Publishing Principles – NBC Los Angeles",
        "publisher": "NBC Los Angeles",
        "url": "https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/nbc-los-angeles-news-standards-and-publishing-principles/3143345/",
        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-11",
        "excerpt": "We aim to fix and run a correction for any error of fact in a digital or broadcast story, even errors that may seem insignificant to those not involved in a story."
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        "evidence_id": 148,
        "tier": 4,
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        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "NBC Los Angeles News Standards and Publishing Principles – NBC Los Angeles",
        "publisher": "NBC Los Angeles",
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        "archive_url": null,
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        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-11",
        "excerpt": "We may instead use clarifications when there is no error but the story lacked a piece of important context or failed to explain a situation fully."
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