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Proof: CNN hosts California gubernatorial debate ahead of critical midterm contest

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-01T00:30:25Z","headline":"CNN hosts California gubernatorial debate ahead of critical midterm contest","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"cnn","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/30/politics/live-news/california-governor-debate-midterms","v":1}

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SHA-256

3dbfc885952febbd47d934dd246edf4092dcc5b195faafa4cb14588bc77f2cfe

OpenTimestamps

Submitted to the OpenTimestamps calendars 2026-10-01 00:32 UTC; waiting for a Bitcoin block (usually a few hours).

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-01 00:34 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-01 00:34 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-3dbfc885952f.json prints 3dbfc885952febbd47d934dd246edf4092dcc5b195faafa4cb14588bc77f2cfe. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-3dbfc885952f.json and headline-3dbfc885952f.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-3dbfc885952f.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
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.

Sealed automatically, 2 min after it was first seen.