Kiley Kroh's Think Progress

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The short article “This is why the Women’s World Cup winners got paid so much less,” written by Kiley Kroh appears in an online political news blog forum called Think Progress. Think Progress was founded in 2005 by Judd Legum, a lawyer, who wanted to advance progressive ideas and polices. The site is biased, it promotes liberal ideas. The intended audience for this web site is primarily young liberals, who are in search of news regarding issues on climate, economy, health, justice, LGBT and sports. Although the site it’s biased it is very easy to spate fact from opinion, especially when university professors, scholarly sources and sport economists are referenced to.
The article wasn’t lengthy and it wasn’t short , it gave just the right amount

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