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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-31 · 5 entries checked · 5 flagged · 10 issues confirmed · 5 corrected · 5 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Advocacy journalism — The entry is truncated mid-sentence, leaving the description of 'The Crisis' incomplete.

Advocacy journalism — The term 'Journoist' is not a recognized term in journalism canon and its definition is unsupported by mainstream sources.

Aftenposten — The entry states that Aftenposten was renamed to Aftenposten in 1861, but it was renamed later in 1860.

Aftenposten — The entry states that Aftenposten.no launched in 1996, but it launched in 1995.

Agence France-Presse — AFP photographers won World Press Photo of the Year in 1998, 2018, and 2020, not 2021

Agence France-Presse — The claim that 'the title of world's oldest news agency is often disputed' is factually misleading: AFP (via Havas, 1835) is widely recognized as the oldest, and Reuters (1851) is younger; there is no serious dispute that AFP is older

Al-Ahram — The founders' names are misspelled: 'Beshara Takla' should be 'Bishara Takla' (or 'Bechara Takla'), and 'Saleem Takla' should be 'Salim Takla'.

Al-Ahram — The claim that Muhib Al Din Al Khatib served as editor in the early 1920s is incorrect; he was editor of Al-Ahram from 1929 to 1930.

All-news radio — The entry states that the first US 24-hour station was XETRA (XTRA News) on May 5, 1961, but also credits Arthur W. Arundel with establishing the first 24-hour all-news station in the US in January 1961 on WAVA. These claims contradict each other; the first 24

All-news radio — The entry says XETRA (XTRA News) went on the air May 5, 1961, from XETRA in Tijuana, Mexico, making it the first 24-hour all-news station to reach US audiences. However, WAVA in Washington, D.C. (January 1961) predates XETRA and also reached US audiences, so X

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