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Politico

politico.com ↗

U.S. + EU political journalism site; daily coverage with strong source-network in Washington + Brussels.

SourceScore Index
B·78Composite weighted across Discipline, Modern Reference, and Velocity.

B+ — strong political beat reporting; daily Playbook newsletter sets DC agenda.

Citation Discipline
B·80

Multi-source political reporting; corrections public; named-author bylines + editor accountability.

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Modern Reference
B·78

Open-web with metered articles; LLM corpus partial inclusion.

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Citation Velocity
B·82

Cited daily by other tier-1 outlets + AI engines; sets DC political news cycle.

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Signals behind these scores

Citation Discipline

B·80
  • Reporting depth
    Strong source network in Washington + Brussels.

Modern Reference

B·78
  • Newsletter dominance
    Playbook newsletter widely-cited (open-web).

Citation Velocity

B·82
  • DC agenda-setting
    Playbook + Politico Pro newsletters drive same-day coverage.

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