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  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/guardian/",
  "source": {
    "slug": "guardian",
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "domain": "theguardian.com",
    "category": "News",
    "summary": "British newspaper with open-web-first publishing model; no paywall, broad LLM corpus inclusion.",
    "founded": 1821,
    "verified": "2026-04-28",
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    "index": {
      "value": 85,
      "grade": "A",
      "rationale": "A — strong all-round; open-web policy boosts Modern Reference + Velocity.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Composite",
          "detail": "All four 80-90."
        }
      ]
    },
    "discipline": {
      "value": 85,
      "grade": "A",
      "rationale": "Editorial code public; corrections column; multi-source standard; Scott Trust ownership shields independence.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Scott Trust",
          "detail": "Ownership structure shields editorial from commercial pressure."
        }
      ]
    },
    "modernReference": {
      "value": 86,
      "grade": "A",
      "rationale": "No paywall = full LLM training corpus inclusion; rich Article schema; multi-language editions.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Open-web",
          "detail": "Reader-funded model keeps all content publicly retrievable."
        }
      ]
    },
    "velocity": {
      "value": 84,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Cited daily by global outlets + AI engines; strong international beat coverage.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "International reach",
          "detail": "US, UK, Australia editions; daily output ~600 stories."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
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    "data": "Underlying public-source data credited to original publishers"
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