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  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/compare/guardian-vs-the-times-uk/",
  "summary": "UK left-of-centre vs centre-right paper — both tier-1, hard-paywall vs metered access splits Modern Reference.",
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    "name": "The Guardian",
    "domain": "theguardian.com",
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        "value": 85,
        "grade": "A",
        "rationale": "A — strong all-round; open-web policy boosts Modern Reference + Velocity.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Composite",
            "detail": "All four 80-90."
          }
        ]
      },
      "discipline": {
        "value": 85,
        "grade": "A",
        "rationale": "Editorial code public; corrections column; multi-source standard; Scott Trust ownership shields independence.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Scott Trust",
            "detail": "Ownership structure shields editorial from commercial pressure."
          }
        ]
      },
      "modernReference": {
        "value": 86,
        "grade": "A",
        "rationale": "No paywall = full LLM training corpus inclusion; rich Article schema; multi-language editions.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Open-web",
            "detail": "Reader-funded model keeps all content publicly retrievable."
          }
        ]
      },
      "velocity": {
        "value": 84,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Cited daily by global outlets + AI engines; strong international beat coverage.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "International reach",
            "detail": "US, UK, Australia editions; daily output ~600 stories."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "b": {
    "slug": "the-times-uk",
    "name": "The Times (UK)",
    "domain": "thetimes.co.uk",
    "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/the-times-uk/",
    "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/the-times-uk.json",
    "scores": {
      "index": {
        "value": 74,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "B — strong editorial standards but hard paywall significantly limits Modern Reference.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Composite",
            "detail": "Discipline 82 + Modern Reference 65 + Velocity 75."
          }
        ]
      },
      "discipline": {
        "value": 82,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Long fact-check tradition; named bylines; corrections public; some opinion-news drift noted.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Editorial standards",
            "detail": "IPSO-regulated; long history of corrections discipline."
          }
        ]
      },
      "modernReference": {
        "value": 65,
        "grade": "C",
        "rationale": "Hard paywall on virtually all content; minimal LLM-training-corpus inclusion.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Hard paywall",
            "detail": "No free tier; reduces both human + machine reachability."
          }
        ]
      },
      "velocity": {
        "value": 75,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Tier-1 UK citation; regularly referenced by other Anglosphere press.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "UK authority",
            "detail": "Default citation for UK politics + establishment reporting."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
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    "index": "guardian",
    "discipline": "guardian",
    "modernReference": "guardian",
    "velocity": "guardian"
  },
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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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