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Website: Seattle Times
- Seattle Times, 8/23/2011
On the Seattle Times, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:45 a.m. (PDT) Tuesday, Aug. 23, was titled “Aviation High soars into the future, landing next to Boeing Field.” Its subject was a lead up to the ground breaking of an aviation high school.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Male
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, CEO of Museum of Flight
- Female, principal
- Male, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes
- Male, graduate who will participate at fly-in
Website: Seattle P-I
On the Seattle P-I, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:45 a.m. (PDT) Tuesday, Aug. 23, was titled “Seattle woman robbed at gunpoint in her home.” Its subject was police looking for three men who robbed a woman at gunpoint.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Male
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Unnamed (“police said”)
Notes/analysis: The article contained no named sources, only references to “Seattle police reported.”
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