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    "source": "The Archive Ethics Project — National Policy Atlas",
    "source_url": "https://archiveethics.org/atlas",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12T06:06:52.628Z",
    "snapshot_type": "live",
    "methodology": "https://archiveethics.org/methodology",
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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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      "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.",
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        "title": "Correction policy: post-gazette.com Style Book",
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        "excerpt": "In the rare cases where unpublishing may be necessary (broken embargo, copyright violation, duplication, legal updates, etc.), contact your editor, who will then contact the Editor and Managing Editors for further guidance on how to properly handle the request to unpublish."
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        "excerpt": "While it is impossible to follow up every arrest or adjudication, we are obligated to add new information that is provided to the PG and/or reported by the PG, and approved by a supervisor."
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        "excerpt": "Here is an example of a local police blotter item updated to reflect that the case was dismissed."
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        "excerpt": "Updated, Jan. 31, 2013: [name withheld], 25, of Carnegie, was charged Feb. 10, 2012 with harassment after a dispute with neighbors, police said."
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        "excerpt": "Don’t repeat the error: In writing corrections, we should conform to the language that appears in the PG stylebook: “Generally, errors should not be repeated in the process of trying to correct them unless doing so makes the correction clearer, which it sometimes does."
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