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Proof: DOJ defends Trump media ban, citing national security and "professionalism"

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bbc3aeb4f58d895369d36c183f5d62af41469ff6064451e9eab4c22fd7168278

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-bbc3aeb4f58d.json prints bbc3aeb4f58d895369d36c183f5d62af41469ff6064451e9eab4c22fd7168278. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
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3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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