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  "methodology": "https://sourcescore.org/methodology/",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/compare/asahi-shimbun-vs-scmp/",
  "summary": "Two Asian English-language tier-1s — Japanese paper-of-record vs Hong Kong-based China-focus.",
  "a": {
    "slug": "asahi-shimbun",
    "name": "Asahi Shimbun",
    "domain": "asahi.com",
    "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/asahi-shimbun/",
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    "scores": {
      "index": {
        "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."
          }
        ]
      },
      "discipline": {
        "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)."
          }
        ]
      },
      "modernReference": {
        "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."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "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."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
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    "index": "scmp",
    "discipline": "asahi-shimbun",
    "modernReference": "scmp",
    "velocity": "scmp"
  },
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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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