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  "apiVersion": "v0.1",
  "methodology": "https://sourcescore.org/methodology/",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/compare/nyt-vs-scmp/",
  "summary": "US tier-1 vs Asia's English-language tier-1 — different default frames for China + HK reporting.",
  "a": {
    "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."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "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."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "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"
  }
}