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Data for the original analysis in ref. 5, used for replication in this study, are available via the associated OSF repository for the original authors’ project (https://osf.io/hwuxf/?view_only=3fa7499661df487689031e11b8ea20b4).
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Original code is available via the associated OSF repository for this project (https://osf.io/ufrmw/?view_only=640aa0fb41364008b118ee5d001f2f65).
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Magnusson, E. Local news in Google News. Nat Hum Behav 6, 1042–1044 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01421-8
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