{"id":"clm_50AD431465C0","entity":"associated-press","predicate":"founded","value":"1846-05-22","value_json":{"note":"A founding date doesn't change. The sources I found give May 22, 1846, but the Daily Cartoonist page takes that date from Wikipedia, so it isn't independent. I found no AP page that states the date.","rank":"normal","check":{"on":"2026-10-30","url":"https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/05/24/175-years-of-associated-press/","pages":2,"quote":"The news agency Associated Press was founded 175 years ago in May 1846. According to Wikipedia , which takes the date from New York Natives , the prime date is May 22, 1846, so we missed the anniversary by a couple days.","outcome":"checked"},"verdict":"confirmed","restored":"2026-10-28","verified":"2026-10-29","wikidata":"Q40469","precision":11,"restored_from":"withdrawn_claims"},"valid_from":"1846-05-22","valid_to":null,"published":"2021-05-25","recorded":"2026-10-28","confidence":0.8,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"supersedes":[],"first_seen_at":"2026-10-28T22:57:58.948153+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-30T01:22:14.884572+00:00","sources":[{"url":"https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/communication-and-mass-media/associated-press-ap-and-censorship/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"ebsco.com","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40469","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/05/24/175-years-of-associated-press/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"dailycartoonist.com","published_at":"2021-05-25T00:00:00+00:00"}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"The news agency Associated Press was founded 175 years ago in May 1846. According to Wikipedia , which takes the date from New York Natives , the prime date is May 22, 1846, so we missed the anniversary by a couple days.","url":"https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/05/24/175-years-of-associated-press/"},"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","why_not":{},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}