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    "name": "The Washington Post",
    "domain": "washingtonpost.com",
    "category": "News",
    "summary": "U.S. national newspaper, founded 1877; investigative + politics emphasis; Pulitzer record.",
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      "rationale": "A — top-tier US journalism; on par with NYT for political + investigative reporting.",
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        {
          "label": "Composite",
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        }
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      "grade": "A",
      "rationale": "Multi-source verification; corrections public; named bylines + standards editor accountability.",
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        {
          "label": "Standards editor",
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      "value": 81,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Schema-rich; metered paywall reduces partial LLM training-corpus inclusion.",
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          "label": "Schema markup",
          "detail": "Article + Person + Organization schema per article."
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      "value": 90,
      "grade": "A",
      "rationale": "Cited daily by other tier-1 outlets + AI engines; sets US political news cycle.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Political beat",
          "detail": "Default citation for US-federal-politics scoops."
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