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  "field": "action",
  "value": "outlet: reporting treated as a crime",
  "statement": "WION reported a Turkish broadcaster's response that RTUK's penalties were based on earthquake-related coverage and that reporting was being treated as a crime.",
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  "evidence_quote": "All these penalties were based on comments and news after the earthquake. We live in a time when reporting is considered a crime.",
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  "subject_url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2023-turkiye-rtuk-fines-earthquake-coverage",
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    "url": "https://www.wionews.com/world/turkey-three-news-outlets-fined-for-their-earthquake-coverage-565075",
    "final_url": "https://www.wionews.com/world/turkey-three-news-outlets-fined-for-their-earthquake-coverage-565075",
    "title": "Turkey: Three news outlets fined for critical coverage of govt's earthquake response",
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    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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