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    "name": "Der Spiegel",
    "domain": "spiegel.de",
    "category": "News",
    "summary": "Germany's tier-1 weekly + daily, with English edition Spiegel International open-access.",
    "founded": 1947,
    "verified": "2026-04-28",
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      "rationale": "B — Germany's tier-1 with rigorous fact-check tradition; paywall on most German content.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Composite",
          "detail": "Discipline 85 + Modern Reference 72 + Velocity 76."
        }
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      "grade": "A",
      "rationale": "Famed multi-stage Dokumentation (fact-checking) department; corrections public; named bylines.",
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        {
          "label": "Dokumentation",
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      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Dual-edition model",
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