The Atlantic vs The New Yorker — Discipline
How rigorously each source backs its factual claims with verifiable evidence.
The New Yorker outscores The Atlantic on Citation Discipline by 4 points (A · 90 vs A · 86).
The Atlantic
Editor-supervised + named bylines + fact-check + corrections public; literary + investigative quality.
The New Yorker
Famous fact-check department; multiple-source verification + author byline + corrections public.
Global rank · Discipline
Why these Discipline scores
Editor-supervised + named bylines + fact-check + corrections public; literary + investigative quality.
Famous fact-check department; multiple-source verification + author byline + corrections public.
Signals behind the Discipline score
- Fact-check traditionLong-standing fact-check department.
- Fact-check traditionRigorous fact-check before publication; cited by other newsrooms as standard.
Other dimensions for The Atlantic vs The New Yorker
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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 New Yorker (newyorker.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-new-yorker/discipline.json