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  "apiVersion": "v0.1",
  "methodology": "https://sourcescore.org/methodology/",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/el-pais/",
  "source": {
    "slug": "el-pais",
    "name": "El País",
    "domain": "elpais.com",
    "category": "News",
    "summary": "Spain's tier-1 daily since 1976, with strong Latin American reach via elpais.com Americas editions.",
    "founded": 1976,
    "verified": "2026-04-28",
    "methodologyVersion": "v0.1"
  },
  "scores": {
    "index": {
      "value": 74,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "B — Spain's paper of record + LatAm editions; tier-1 Spanish-language citation source.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Composite",
          "detail": "Discipline 80 + Modern Reference 68 + Velocity 72."
        }
      ]
    },
    "discipline": {
      "value": 80,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Strong fact-check tradition, named bylines, public corrections, in-house Defensor del Lector ombuds.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Defensor del Lector",
          "detail": "Internal reader's editor / ombuds role unusual for Spanish-language press."
        }
      ]
    },
    "modernReference": {
      "value": 68,
      "grade": "C",
      "rationale": "Metered paywall; LatAm editions partially open; English edition (elpais.com/english) open.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Multi-edition model",
          "detail": "Latin America + USA editions broaden reach."
        }
      ]
    },
    "velocity": {
      "value": 72,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Default Spanish-language tier-1; regular cross-citation in international press.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Spanish-language authority",
          "detail": "Primary citation in Spanish-speaking AI retrieval."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "license": {
    "methodology": "Cite as: SourceScore Methodology v0.1, sourcescore.org",
    "data": "Underlying public-source data credited to original publishers"
  }
}