{"entity":"the-guardian","id":"ent_the-guardian","name":"The Guardian","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/the-guardian/founded","as_of":"2026-10-31","summary":"As of October 31, 2026, The Guardian's founding date on the AsOf record is May 5, 1821, dated May 5, 1821, from a primary source (theguardian.com). The record holds 1 claim on The Guardian's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.","current":["clm_909463F0435C"],"claims":[{"id":"clm_909463F0435C","value":"1821-05-05","valid_from":"1821-05-05","valid_to":null,"published":"2017-12-11","recorded":"2026-10-27","confidence":0.95,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11148","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-archive/2002/jun/06/1","tier":"primary","publisher":null,"published_at":"2017-12-11T00:00:00+00:00"}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"The Manchester Guardian was founded by John Edward Taylor in 1821 and first published on 5 May of that year.","url":"http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-archive/2002/jun/06/1"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is The Guardian's current founding date?","answer":"May 5, 1821, dated May 5, 1821, from a primary source (theguardian.com). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95)."}],"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"}}}