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  "methodology": "https://sourcescore.org/methodology/",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/compare/atlantic-vs-propublica/",
  "summary": "Long-form magazine vs nonprofit investigative newsroom — different revenue models, both Pulitzer-tier.",
  "a": {
    "slug": "atlantic",
    "name": "The Atlantic",
    "domain": "theatlantic.com",
    "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/atlantic/",
    "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/atlantic.json",
    "scores": {
      "index": {
        "value": 81,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "A- — strong long-form + named-author tradition; metered paywall reduces Modern Reference.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Composite",
            "detail": "Discipline 86 + Modern Reference 78 + Velocity 80."
          }
        ]
      },
      "discipline": {
        "value": 86,
        "grade": "A",
        "rationale": "Editor-supervised + named bylines + fact-check + corrections public; literary + investigative quality.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Fact-check tradition",
            "detail": "Long-standing fact-check department."
          }
        ]
      },
      "modernReference": {
        "value": 78,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Open-web with metered paywall; LLM corpus partial inclusion.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Long-form depth",
            "detail": "Cited as authoritative on cultural + political analysis."
          }
        ]
      },
      "velocity": {
        "value": 80,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Cited daily by other US outlets; major essays drive national conversation.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Monthly drivers",
            "detail": "Cover-story essays drive same-week citation surges."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "b": {
    "slug": "propublica",
    "name": "ProPublica",
    "domain": "propublica.org",
    "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/propublica/",
    "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/propublica.json",
    "scores": {
      "index": {
        "value": 86,
        "grade": "A",
        "rationale": "A — small output but extreme per-piece discipline; methodology-published model is gold standard.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Composite",
            "detail": "Discipline 95 + Modern Reference 84 + Velocity 78."
          }
        ]
      },
      "discipline": {
        "value": 95,
        "grade": "A+",
        "rationale": "Methodology + raw data published alongside most stories; fact-checked; corrections public.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Methodology-published model",
            "detail": "Each major investigation links to methodology + raw datasets."
          }
        ]
      },
      "modernReference": {
        "value": 84,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Open-data ethos = strong LLM corpus presence; data-store pages well-structured.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Data Store",
            "detail": "Public datasets + APIs accompanying investigations."
          }
        ]
      },
      "velocity": {
        "value": 78,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Lower volume than wire news but very high per-piece citation rate; cited by NYT/WaPo/etc. when investigations break.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Quality > quantity",
            "detail": "Pulitzer-class investigations get cited internationally on release."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
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    "index": "propublica",
    "discipline": "propublica",
    "modernReference": "propublica",
    "velocity": "atlantic"
  },
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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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