The Atlantic vs ProPublica — Discipline
How rigorously each source backs its factual claims with verifiable evidence.
ProPublica outscores The Atlantic on Citation Discipline by 9 points (A+ · 95 vs A · 86).
The Atlantic
Editor-supervised + named bylines + fact-check + corrections public; literary + investigative quality.
ProPublica
Methodology + raw data published alongside most stories; fact-checked; corrections public.
Global rank · Discipline
Why these Discipline scores
Editor-supervised + named bylines + fact-check + corrections public; literary + investigative quality.
Methodology + raw data published alongside most stories; fact-checked; corrections public.
Signals behind the Discipline score
- Fact-check traditionLong-standing fact-check department.
- Methodology-published modelEach major investigation links to methodology + raw datasets.
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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 — ProPublica (propublica.org) · verified · full scoring record
- Scoring rubric — SourceScore Index, Citation Discipline, Modern Reference, Citation Velocity (methodology v0.1)
- Machine-readable record — /api/compare/atlantic-vs-propublica/discipline.json