Der Spiegel
spiegel.de ↗Germany's tier-1 weekly + daily, with English edition Spiegel International open-access.
B — Germany's tier-1 with rigorous fact-check tradition; paywall on most German content.
Famed multi-stage Dokumentation (fact-checking) department; corrections public; named bylines.
About this sub-score →Spiegel International (English) open; main German content paywalled; schema solid.
About this sub-score →Heavily cited in DACH press; regular tier-1 English-press citation.
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Citation Discipline
A·85- DokumentationIn-house fact-check team historically the largest in European journalism.
Modern Reference
B·72- Dual-edition modelspiegel.de/international free; spiegel.de paywalled.
Citation Velocity
B·76- DACH authorityPrimary German-language LLM-retrieval source.
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