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El País vs The New York Times — Modern Reference
How fit each source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence.
Verdict
The New York Times outscores El País on Modern Citation Reference by 14 points (B · 82 vs C · 68).
News
El País
elpais.com
C·68
Rank #119 of 130 on Modern Reference
Metered paywall; LatAm editions partially open; English edition (elpais.com/english) open.
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The New York Times
nytimes.com
B·82
Rank #68 of 130 on Modern Reference
Schema-rich; Article + Person + Organization JSON-LD; machine-readable; metered paywall reduces some training-corpus inclusion.
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Why these Modern Reference scores
El PaísC·68
Modern Reference · 68/100
Metered paywall; LatAm editions partially open; English edition (elpais.com/english) open.
The New York TimesB·82
Modern Reference · 82/100
Schema-rich; Article + Person + Organization JSON-LD; machine-readable; metered paywall reduces some training-corpus inclusion.
Signals behind the Modern Reference score
El País
- Multi-edition modelLatin America + USA editions broaden reach.
The New York Times
- Paywall meteringSubscription gate; partial corpus availability.
Other dimensions for El País vs The New York Times
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