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Stan Cornyn

Carl Stanley Cornyn (July 8, 1933 – May 11, 2015) was an American record label executive. He wrote Exploding: The Highs, Hits, Hype, Heroes, and Hustlers of the Warner Music Group ( ), and authored three privately published family genealogy books (all in the Library of Congress).

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Carl Stanley Cornyn (July 8, 1933 – May 11, 2015) was an American record label executive. He wrote Exploding: The Highs, Hits, Hype, Heroes, and Hustlers of the Warner Music Group ( ), and authored three privately published family genealogy books (all in the Library of Congress).

Key claims

  1. date of death: 2015-05-11 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. publication date: 1991 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of death is "2015-05-11". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the publication date is "1991". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378886538

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.