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  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/compare/ars-technica-vs-mit-tech-review/",
  "summary": "Daily deep-tech journalism vs MIT-published tech magazine — different cadences, both Wikipedia-cited.",
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    "name": "Ars Technica",
    "domain": "arstechnica.com",
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        "value": 76,
        "grade": "B",
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          {
            "label": "Composite",
            "detail": "Discipline 78 + Modern Reference 80 + Velocity 70."
          }
        ]
      },
      "discipline": {
        "value": 78,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Multi-source technical reporting; corrections public; named-author bylines + editorial accountability.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Named bylines",
            "detail": "Author + email + bio on every article."
          }
        ]
      },
      "modernReference": {
        "value": 80,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Open-web; technical depth = strong LLM corpus presence in tech queries.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Tech-vertical density",
            "detail": "Frequently cited by ChatGPT/Claude for technical history + analysis."
          }
        ]
      },
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        "value": 70,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Modest daily output; cited heavily within tech but not by general news.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Tech-niche",
            "detail": "~10-15 substantive posts/day; high per-piece citation in tech."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
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    "slug": "mit-tech-review",
    "name": "MIT Technology Review",
    "domain": "technologyreview.com",
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    "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/mit-tech-review.json",
    "scores": {
      "index": {
        "value": 81,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "A- — strong tech-analysis journalism; MIT affiliation + editorial discipline.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Composite",
            "detail": "Discipline 86 + Modern Reference 80 + Velocity 76."
          }
        ]
      },
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        "value": 86,
        "grade": "A",
        "rationale": "Editorial standards + named-author bylines + multi-source reporting; corrections public.",
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          {
            "label": "MIT editorial",
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        "value": 80,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Open-web; metered paywall + LLM corpus partial inclusion.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Tech vertical",
            "detail": "Default LLM citation for emerging-tech analysis."
          }
        ]
      },
      "velocity": {
        "value": 76,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Cited within tech + science journalism; lower volume than wire news but higher per-cite depth.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Long-form depth",
            "detail": "Cited by NYT/Reuters/etc. on tech-policy beats."
          }
        ]
      }
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    "velocity": "mit-tech-review"
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    "data": "Underlying public-source data credited to original publishers"
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