El País vs The New York Times
Spanish-language vs English-language tier-1 — different audience reach but comparable Discipline scoring.
El País
Spain's tier-1 daily since 1976, with strong Latin American reach via elpais.com Americas editions.
The New York Times
U.S. national newspaper of record, founded 1851. Pulitzer Prize record + investigative depth + structured-data-rich web platform.
Head-to-head — all four dimensions
| Dimension | El País | The New York Times | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
SourceScore Index Composite | B·74 | A·88 | The+14 |
Citation Discipline How rigorously cited | B·80 | A·88 | The+8 |
Modern Reference AI-era fitness | C·68 | B·82 | The+14 |
Citation Velocity Cited per week | B·72 | A·92 | The+20 |
Why these scores
Citation Discipline
Strong fact-check tradition, named bylines, public corrections, in-house Defensor del Lector ombuds.
Multi-source verification; fact-check + corrections processes public; named bylines + editor accountability.
Modern Reference
Metered paywall; LatAm editions partially open; English edition (elpais.com/english) open.
Schema-rich; Article + Person + Organization JSON-LD; machine-readable; metered paywall reduces some training-corpus inclusion.
Citation Velocity
Default Spanish-language tier-1; regular cross-citation in international press.
Cited many times daily by other tier-1 outlets + AI engines; sets news cycle.