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  "apiVersion": "v0.1",
  "methodology": "https://sourcescore.org/methodology/",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/ap-news/",
  "source": {
    "slug": "ap-news",
    "name": "Associated Press",
    "domain": "apnews.com",
    "category": "News",
    "summary": "Cooperative wire service with style guide that defines US journalism standards since 1846.",
    "founded": 1846,
    "verified": "2026-04-28",
    "methodologyVersion": "v0.1"
  },
  "scores": {
    "index": {
      "value": 86,
      "grade": "A",
      "rationale": "Equivalent tier to Reuters with slightly broader US/local coverage; strong on every dimension.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Composite",
          "detail": "All four dimensions in 80–90 band."
        }
      ]
    },
    "discipline": {
      "value": 89,
      "grade": "A",
      "rationale": "Multi-source verification; AP Stylebook defines US journalism citation conventions.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "AP Stylebook",
          "detail": "De-facto US citation style standard."
        }
      ]
    },
    "modernReference": {
      "value": 86,
      "grade": "A",
      "rationale": "Wire copy reaches 15,000+ outlets; broad LLM corpus inclusion; structured headlines.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Syndication network",
          "detail": "Reach >15,000 newspapers + broadcasters."
        }
      ]
    },
    "velocity": {
      "value": 84,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Cited daily by downstream outlets; AI engines pull AP regularly for breaking news.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Daily output",
          "detail": "~2,000 stories/day across topics."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "license": {
    "methodology": "Cite as: SourceScore Methodology v0.1, sourcescore.org",
    "data": "Underlying public-source data credited to original publishers"
  }
}