This works for major sites like BBC. For minor, local news sites, it doesn't because they don't get archived at all (atleast not fully and in time). news sites

This works for major sites like BBC. For minor, local news sites, it doesn't because they don't get archived at all (atleast not fully and in time). news sites should really be mandated to keep previous versions of their newsstories with all the edits, especially the ones paid by taxes.