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  "slug": "global-coverage-cross-signal",
  "url": "https://palimpsest.info/news/global-coverage-cross-signal/",
  "signal_id": "gdelt",
  "headline": "Global coverage is measurable for 3 of 25 compared terms",
  "dek": "The cross-signal supplies an outside-China attention baseline without treating a missing result as proof of silence.",
  "section": "attention",
  "order": 2,
  "type": "measurement",
  "priority": "standard",
  "status": "live",
  "published_at": "2026-08-24T02:17:50Z",
  "modified_at": "2026-08-24T02:17:50Z",
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    "label": "terms with global data",
    "value": 3,
    "unit": "count",
    "denominator": {
      "label": "terms compared",
      "value": 25
    }
  },
  "claims": [
    {
      "type": "finding",
      "statement": "GDELT returned usable global coverage for 3 of 25 compared terms."
    }
  ],
  "evidence": {
    "url": "https://palimpsest.info/readings/gdelt-latest.json",
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    "source_timestamp": "2026-08-24T02:17:50Z"
  },
  "method": {
    "summary": "See the complete embedded upstream payload and its raw feed",
    "version": 1
  },
  "limitations": [
    "GDELT coverage varies by language and publisher; absence from its index is not proof that a topic received no coverage."
  ],
  "related_signal_ids": [
    "ddti",
    "silence-index",
    "weibo-hotsearch"
  ]
}