DISCIPLINE · 35% of composite
The Atlantic vs The Economist — Discipline
How rigorously each source backs its factual claims with verifiable evidence.
Verdict
The Atlantic outscores The Economist on Citation Discipline by 15 points (A · 86 vs B · 71).
Higher Discipline
Magazine
The Atlantic
theatlantic.com
A·86
Rank #83 of 130 on Discipline
Editor-supervised + named bylines + fact-check + corrections public; literary + investigative quality.
News
The Economist
economist.com
B·71
Rank #115 of 130 on Discipline
Editorial fact-check process is rigorous, but anonymity makes individual-claim provenance opaque.
Global rank · Discipline
Why these Discipline scores
The AtlanticA·86
Discipline · 86/100
Editor-supervised + named bylines + fact-check + corrections public; literary + investigative quality.
The EconomistB·71
Discipline · 71/100
Editorial fact-check process is rigorous, but anonymity makes individual-claim provenance opaque.
Signals behind the Discipline score
The Atlantic
- Fact-check traditionLong-standing fact-check department.
The Economist
- House styleArticles attributed to 'The Economist' rather than named authors.
- Internal fact-checkEditorial review per piece, not externally verifiable.
Other dimensions for The Atlantic vs The Economist
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Sources & references
Every score on this page is read from the two publications below and graded against the published rubric. No score is bought, estimated or supplied by the source being scored.
- Source evaluated — The Atlantic (theatlantic.com) · verified · full scoring record
- Source evaluated — The Economist (economist.com) · verified · full scoring record
- Scoring rubric — SourceScore Index, Citation Discipline, Modern Reference, Citation Velocity (methodology v0.1)
- Machine-readable record — /api/compare/atlantic-vs-the-economist/discipline.json