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  "apiVersion": "v0.1",
  "methodology": "https://sourcescore.org/methodology/",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/compare/el-pais-vs-nyt/",
  "summary": "Spanish-language vs English-language tier-1 — different audience reach but comparable Discipline scoring.",
  "a": {
    "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."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "b": {
    "slug": "nyt",
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "domain": "nytimes.com",
    "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/nyt/",
    "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/nyt.json",
    "scores": {
      "index": {
        "value": 88,
        "grade": "A",
        "rationale": "A — top-tier US journalism; high velocity + strong discipline; Modern Reference slightly hampered by paywall.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Composite",
            "detail": "Discipline 88 + Modern Reference 82 + Velocity 92."
          }
        ]
      },
      "discipline": {
        "value": 88,
        "grade": "A",
        "rationale": "Multi-source verification; fact-check + corrections processes public; named bylines + editor accountability.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Public corrections",
            "detail": "Daily corrections column dating back decades."
          },
          {
            "label": "Editor accountability",
            "detail": "Public editor / standards editor roles."
          }
        ]
      },
      "modernReference": {
        "value": 82,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Schema-rich; Article + Person + Organization JSON-LD; machine-readable; metered paywall reduces some training-corpus inclusion.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Paywall metering",
            "detail": "Subscription gate; partial corpus availability."
          }
        ]
      },
      "velocity": {
        "value": 92,
        "grade": "A",
        "rationale": "Cited many times daily by other tier-1 outlets + AI engines; sets news cycle.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "News-cycle setting",
            "detail": "NYT exclusives drive same-day coverage across global media."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "winners": {
    "index": "nyt",
    "discipline": "nyt",
    "modernReference": "nyt",
    "velocity": "nyt"
  },
  "license": {
    "methodology": "Cite as: SourceScore Methodology v0.1, sourcescore.org",
    "data": "Underlying public-source data credited to original publishers"
  }
}