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  "version": "2026-09-04",
  "asOf": "2026-09-04",
  "coverage": "3 checked records, 5 observations. Append-only; an older observation is never edited.",
  "methodology": "Each row is one observation: the address read, the date it was read, the method, the visible date and metadata the response carried, and the archive's own date with its basis. The archive does not own or control the former domain.",
  "rights": "Descriptive metadata created by the archive is released under CC0 1.0. Rights in the underlying articles, photographs and artwork remain with their authors; the rows describe those works and do not license them.",
  "landingPage": "https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/data/legacy-domain-ledger",
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      "record_title": "Gay Man Beaten With Belt Buckles, Rocks in Possible Montrose Hate Crime",
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      "archive_date": "2018-08-02",
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      "archive_date_basis": "The writer's filed copy is attached to editorial correspondence dated 2 August 2018 and closes on a quoted line reading “It’s 2018”. The former-domain page's own article:published_time metadata still reads 2018-08-02. The rendered timestamp on that page is not used.",
      "former_url": "https://freepresshouston.com/gay-man-beaten-with-belt-buckles-rocks-in-possible-montrose-hate-crime/",
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      "point": "A live page can print a current-looking date on a 2018 article, including inside the article text, while its own metadata still carries 2018."
    },
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      "archive_date": "2018-08-02",
      "archive_date_precision": "day",
      "archive_date_basis": "The writer's filed copy is attached to editorial correspondence dated 2 August 2018 and closes on a quoted line reading “It’s 2018”. The former-domain page's own article:published_time metadata still reads 2018-08-02. The rendered timestamp on that page is not used.",
      "former_url": "https://freepresshouston.com/gay-man-beaten-with-belt-buckles-rocks-in-possible-montrose-hate-crime/",
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      "observed_visible_date": "Aug 2, 2026 12:08PM",
      "observed_text": "Body text: “It’s 2026, but people will still attack you for who you are.” | Footer: © 2026 Free Press Houston",
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      "archive_date_basis": "Year corroborated from the held source address, the paper's own April 2009 archive path, not from the live render. The article record carries a day-level date on the surviving day and weekday agreeing with 2009; this exhibit cites the year.",
      "former_url": "http://freepresshouston.com/archive/2009_04_01_archive/",
      "observed_on": "2026-08-28",
      "method": "held-retrieval",
      "observed_visible_date": "Tuesday, April 7, 2026",
      "observed_text": null,
      "observed_metadata": null,
      "discrepancy_type": "visible-date-year-differs",
      "capture_ref": null,
      "point": "The surviving copy prints the original weekday and day under a current year; the year comes from the page's own dated address."
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      "archive_date_basis": "Year corroborated from the held source address, the paper's own April 2009 archive path, not from the live render. The article record carries a day-level date on the surviving day and weekday agreeing with 2009; this exhibit cites the year.",
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      "observed_visible_date": "Tuesday, April 7, 2026",
      "observed_text": "Page title: “Features: April 2026” | Body text: “this chart was done by Live Nation, approximately 2026” | Footer: copyright © 2026 | No article:published_time metadata is served on this page.",
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      "discrepancy_type": "visible-date-year-differs",
      "capture_ref": null,
      "point": "The surviving copy prints the original weekday and day under a current year; the year comes from the page's own dated address."
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      "observed_visible_date": "January 7, 2026",
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      "point": "The surviving page rewrites the edition year itself into its title; the printed object and the page's own dated addresses keep the historical year."
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