News post got stuck in hub site’s news web part even after removing the site from the hub

KCLTW you can change the Promoteds State with JSON. Demoting a news article on the associated site should also remove it from the hub site. The JSON for demoting a news page is:

{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "div",
  "style": {
    "flex-wrap": "wrap",
    "display": "flex",
    "flex-direction": "row"
  },
  "children": [
    {
      "elmType": "div",
      "txtContent": "=if(@currentField == 0 ,'0 : Page' , if(@currentField == 1, '1 : Draft News' , if(@currentField == 2 , '2 : Published News','') ) )",
      "style": {
        "box-sizing": "border-box",
        "padding": "4px 8px 5px 8px",
        "display": "flex",
        "border-radius": "16px",
        "height": "27px",
        "align-items": "center",
        "white-space": "nowrap",
        "overflow": "hidden",
        "margin": "4px 4px 4px 4px",
        "border": "1px solid",
        "background-color": "=if(@currentField == 0 ,'#ffffff' , if(@currentField == 1, '#fffcec' , if(@currentField == 2 , '#dafffe','') ) )"
      }
    },
    {
      "elmType": "div",
      "style": {
        "font-size": "18px",
        "cursor": "pointer",
        "padding": "10px",
        "border-radius": "50%",
        "display": "=if(@currentField == 0 , 'none' ,'')"
      },
      "attributes": {
        "iconName": "MoreVertical",
        "class": "ms-fontColor-themePrimary ms-bgColor-themeLighter--hover"
      },
      "customCardProps": {
        "openOnEvent": "click",
        "directionalHint": "rightCenter",
        "isBeakVisible": true,
        "formatter": {
          "elmType": "div",
          "txtContent": "Demote (Change to 1: Draft News)",
          "style": {
            "padding": "10px 20px 10px 20px",
            "cursor": "pointer"
          },
          "attributes": {
            "class": "ms-bgColor-themeLighter--hover"
          },
          "customRowAction": {
            "action": "setValue",
            "actionInput": {
              "PromotedState": "1"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Rob
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