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Website: Boston Globe (Boston.com)
On Boston.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 10:20 a.m. (EST) Wednesday, March 7, was titled “Romney Wins Big, But Rivals Hang In.”
Here is its breakdown:
Subject: Politics and Government: other domestic politics (Global Media Monitoring Project No. 4)
Word count: 1,359
Authors: Male (3)
Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male – presidential candidate (from public comments)
- Male – presidential candidate (from public comments)
- Male – presidential candidate (from public comments)
- Male – political strategist
- Male – political science professor
- Female – voter at large
- Male – voter at large
Website: Open Media Boston
At the time of this post at 6 p.m. EST, the site had not posted new content since last week’s Gender Check.
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