*Gender Checks are quick examinations of gender representation in individual news articles for the purpose of discovering trends over time. Click here to read more.
Website: Los Angeles Times
On LATimes.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:50 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, April 17, was titled “Tax measures may be doomed, but they clarify parties’ goals.”
Here is its breakdown:
Subject: Politics and Government: Other domestic politics, government (GMMP No. 4)
Word count: 780
Author: Female
Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, Senate majority leader
- Male, billionaire investor
- Male, Republican pollster
- Male, House speaker
- Male, Senator
Website: California Watch
On California Watch, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:50 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, April 17, was titled “Lawmaker, often target of investigations, zeros in on bullet train.”
Here is its breakdown:
Subject: Politics and Government: Other domestic politics, government (GMMP No. 4)
Word count: 970
Author: Male
Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, U.S. representative
- Male, president of the stat rail foundation and a bullet train critic.
- Male, board chairman
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