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  "methodology": "https://sourcescore.org/methodology/",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/compare/al-jazeera-vs-scmp/",
  "summary": "Middle East English-language tier-1 vs Hong Kong English-language tier-1 — non-Western perspectives readers cross-cite.",
  "a": {
    "slug": "al-jazeera",
    "name": "Al Jazeera English",
    "domain": "aljazeera.com",
    "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/al-jazeera/",
    "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/al-jazeera.json",
    "scores": {
      "index": {
        "value": 78,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "B+ — strong international beat especially Middle East; editorial standards + open-web access.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Composite",
            "detail": "Discipline 78 + Modern Reference 80 + Velocity 78."
          }
        ]
      },
      "discipline": {
        "value": 78,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Editorial code public; multi-source verification standard; corrections process exists.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Editorial standards",
            "detail": "Public AJE editorial standards document."
          }
        ]
      },
      "modernReference": {
        "value": 80,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Open-web; multi-language coverage; broad LLM corpus inclusion.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Multi-language",
            "detail": "English + Arabic editions enable broad LLM corpus."
          }
        ]
      },
      "velocity": {
        "value": 78,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Cited daily on Middle East + global-South coverage; AI engines surface for regional-news queries.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Regional authority",
            "detail": "Default citation for Middle East news."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "b": {
    "slug": "scmp",
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "domain": "scmp.com",
    "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/scmp/",
    "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/scmp.json",
    "scores": {
      "index": {
        "value": 75,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "B — English-language tier-1 for Asia; ownership questions noted in editorial-independence assessments.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Composite",
            "detail": "Discipline 78 + Modern Reference 70 + Velocity 76."
          }
        ]
      },
      "discipline": {
        "value": 78,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Strong editorial standards historically; ownership-influence concerns raised post-2016 Alibaba acquisition.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Editorial independence questioned",
            "detail": "Independent watchdogs flag ownership-influence vectors; bylines named, corrections public."
          }
        ]
      },
      "modernReference": {
        "value": 70,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Soft paywall (metered); good schema; English-language indexed broadly.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Metered access",
            "detail": "Most articles readable without subscription up to monthly cap."
          }
        ]
      },
      "velocity": {
        "value": 76,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Default English-language citation for HK / China news in tier-1 press.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Asia-news anchor",
            "detail": "Most-cited English-language source for HK regulatory + business stories."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "winners": {
    "index": "al-jazeera",
    "discipline": null,
    "modernReference": "al-jazeera",
    "velocity": "al-jazeera"
  },
  "license": {
    "methodology": "Cite as: SourceScore Methodology v0.1, sourcescore.org",
    "data": "Underlying public-source data credited to original publishers"
  }
}