Newspapers And Magazines Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-31 · 9 entries checked · 9 flagged · 13 issues confirmed · 9 corrected · 4 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Die Welt — Welt Kompakt ceased publication in 2021, not 2019.

Die Welt — Bilanz was not published as a monthly supplement of Die Welt; Die Welt launched a supplement called 'Bilanz' for its Swiss edition, but the magazine Bilanz itself is a separate publication owned by Ringier.

Die Zeit — The masthead originally featured the Hamburg coat of arms, but after legal objections it was changed to a stylized version of the Hamburg city seal, not the coat of arms of Lübeck.

Die Zeit — As of 2018, Die Zeit did not have an additional office in Dresden; the list of offices is inaccurate.

El Mundo (Spain) — The paper's average daily circulation in 2024 was around 50,000–60,000 copies, which is implausibly low for a major national newspaper of record; as of 2023, El Mundo's average daily circulation was approximately 100,000–120,000 copies according to OJD data.

El País — The special edition published during the 1981 coup attempt is described as being published 'after the king's televised address', but the king's address was at 1:14 AM on February 24 and the special edition was published later that morning, not immediately afte

El Universal (Mexico City) — The newspaper was founded in Mexico City, not Santiago de Querétaro.

India Today — Madhu Trehan is described as the 'first editor' — she was the first editor of the Hindi edition, not the English edition; the first editor of the English edition was Aroon Purie.

Izvestia — The newspaper was founded in March 1917, not February 1917.

JAMA — The journal was not established in 1883 by the American Medical Association; it was established in 1883 by Nathan Smith Davis, and the AMA took over publication later.

JAMA — The official name change to 'JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association' occurred in 1960, not 1982.

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