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        }
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    }
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      "rationale": "Mix of investigative + rumor + opinion; some pieces multi-sourced, many single-sourced from PR.",
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        {
          "label": "Format variance",
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      "global": 122,
      "globalTotal": 130
    }
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    "winner": "the-verge",
    "delta": 5,
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      "label": "Modern Citation Reference",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/compare/techcrunch-vs-the-verge/modern-reference/",
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    "data": "Underlying public-source data credited to original publishers"
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}