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  "source": {
    "slug": "the-times-uk",
    "name": "The Times (UK)",
    "domain": "thetimes.co.uk",
    "category": "News",
    "summary": "UK paper of record since 1785, hard-paywalled, owned by News UK (News Corp).",
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    "verified": "2026-04-28",
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      "value": 74,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "B — strong editorial standards but hard paywall significantly limits Modern Reference.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Composite",
          "detail": "Discipline 82 + Modern Reference 65 + Velocity 75."
        }
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      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Long fact-check tradition; named bylines; corrections public; some opinion-news drift noted.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Editorial standards",
          "detail": "IPSO-regulated; long history of corrections discipline."
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      "grade": "C",
      "rationale": "Hard paywall on virtually all content; minimal LLM-training-corpus inclusion.",
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        {
          "label": "Hard paywall",
          "detail": "No free tier; reduces both human + machine reachability."
        }
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      "value": 75,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Tier-1 UK citation; regularly referenced by other Anglosphere press.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "UK authority",
          "detail": "Default citation for UK politics + establishment reporting."
        }
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