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  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/compare/der-spiegel-vs-el-pais/",
  "summary": "German weekly investigation vs Spanish daily of record — two Continental quality-press traditions readers cross-cite.",
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    "slug": "der-spiegel",
    "name": "Der Spiegel",
    "domain": "spiegel.de",
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    "scores": {
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        "value": 78,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "B — Germany's tier-1 with rigorous fact-check tradition; paywall on most German content.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Composite",
            "detail": "Discipline 85 + Modern Reference 72 + Velocity 76."
          }
        ]
      },
      "discipline": {
        "value": 85,
        "grade": "A",
        "rationale": "Famed multi-stage Dokumentation (fact-checking) department; corrections public; named bylines.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Dokumentation",
            "detail": "In-house fact-check team historically the largest in European journalism."
          }
        ]
      },
      "modernReference": {
        "value": 72,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Spiegel International (English) open; main German content paywalled; schema solid.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Dual-edition model",
            "detail": "spiegel.de/international free; spiegel.de paywalled."
          }
        ]
      },
      "velocity": {
        "value": 76,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Heavily cited in DACH press; regular tier-1 English-press citation.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "DACH authority",
            "detail": "Primary German-language LLM-retrieval source."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "b": {
    "slug": "el-pais",
    "name": "El País",
    "domain": "elpais.com",
    "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/el-pais/",
    "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."
          }
        ]
      },
      "modernReference": {
        "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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    "discipline": "der-spiegel",
    "modernReference": "der-spiegel",
    "velocity": "der-spiegel"
  },
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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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