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  "methodology": "https://sourcescore.org/methodology/",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/compare/asahi-shimbun-vs-el-pais/",
  "summary": "Japanese paper-of-record vs Spanish paper-of-record — two non-Anglo-sphere quality dailies often paired in research.",
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    "slug": "asahi-shimbun",
    "name": "Asahi Shimbun",
    "domain": "asahi.com",
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    "scores": {
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        "value": 71,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "B — premier Japanese-language source; English edition limited; paywall + Japanese-language reduces Modern Ref.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Composite",
            "detail": "Discipline 80 + Modern Reference 65 + Velocity 68."
          }
        ]
      },
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        "value": 80,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Long editorial tradition; named bylines; corrections public; fact-check department.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Editorial standards",
            "detail": "One of Japan's two papers of record (with Yomiuri)."
          }
        ]
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        "value": 65,
        "grade": "C",
        "rationale": "Hard paywall on Japanese content; English edition open but smaller scope.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Language gate",
            "detail": "Primary content Japanese-language; under-represented in English LLM corpora."
          }
        ]
      },
      "velocity": {
        "value": 68,
        "grade": "C",
        "rationale": "Tier-1 in Japanese-language retrieval; lower in English LLM-engine citations.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Japanese-language authority",
            "detail": "Primary citation in Japanese press + retrieval models."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
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    "name": "El País",
    "domain": "elpais.com",
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    "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/el-pais.json",
    "scores": {
      "index": {
        "value": 74,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "B — Spain's paper of record + LatAm editions; tier-1 Spanish-language citation source.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Composite",
            "detail": "Discipline 80 + Modern Reference 68 + Velocity 72."
          }
        ]
      },
      "discipline": {
        "value": 80,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Strong fact-check tradition, named bylines, public corrections, in-house Defensor del Lector ombuds.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Defensor del Lector",
            "detail": "Internal reader's editor / ombuds role unusual for Spanish-language press."
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        "value": 68,
        "grade": "C",
        "rationale": "Metered paywall; LatAm editions partially open; English edition (elpais.com/english) open.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Multi-edition model",
            "detail": "Latin America + USA editions broaden reach."
          }
        ]
      },
      "velocity": {
        "value": 72,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Default Spanish-language tier-1; regular cross-citation in international press.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Spanish-language authority",
            "detail": "Primary citation in Spanish-speaking AI retrieval."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
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    "index": "el-pais",
    "discipline": null,
    "modernReference": "el-pais",
    "velocity": "el-pais"
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    "methodology": "Cite as: SourceScore Methodology v0.1, sourcescore.org",
    "data": "Underlying public-source data credited to original publishers"
  }
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