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  "id": 972,
  "subject_type": "incident",
  "subject_id": 226,
  "field": "action",
  "value": "El Renacimiento's 1908 editorial on colonial officials",
  "statement": "El Renacimiento's 1908 editorial described colonial officials as birds of prey, comparing them to eagles, vultures, owls and vampires.",
  "attribution": null,
  "source_id": 601,
  "evidence_quote": "El Renacimiento described “the eagle” as the “most rapacious” bird of prey, and criticized certain US colonial government officials “who, besides being eagles, have the characteristics of the vulture, the owl, and the vampire.”",
  "evidence_date": "2014-02-24",
  "method": "outlet_report",
  "verified_at": "2026-09-26",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "status": "current",
  "supersedes_id": null,
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  "supersede_reason": null,
  "batch_label": "historical-2026-09-26",
  "created_at": "2026-09-26T18:09:21Z",
  "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/claims/972",
  "subject_url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1901-philippines-us-colonial-libel-act-el-renacimiento",
  "source": {
    "id": 601,
    "url": "https://cmfr-phil.org/inmediasres/luis-teodoro/a-relic-of-colonial-times-2/",
    "final_url": "https://cmfr-phil.org/inmediasres/luis-teodoro/a-relic-of-colonial-times-2/",
    "title": "A relic of colonial rule",
    "publisher": "Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility",
    "published_on": "2014-02-24",
    "link_state": "live",
    "link_state_since": "2026-09-26T18:11:00Z",
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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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}