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Seattle Times sports columnist resigns over spiked trans athlete story

New York Times - Business and Instapundit describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Seattle Times sports columnist resigns over spiked trans athlete story.
The headline split The left frames it as "Seattle Times Columnist Resigns After Paper Scrapped Trans Sports Column". The right frames it as "I was a sports columnist at the Seattle Times for 11 years. This is why I resigned. 1".
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Left / center-leftSeattle Times Columnist Resigns After Paper Scrapped Trans Sports Column

New York Times - Business · Center-left · Opinion

CenterSeattle Times sports columnist resigns over spiked trans athlete story

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Right / center-rightI was a sports columnist at the Seattle Times for 11 years. This is why I resigned. 1

Instapundit · Right · Opinion

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The HillNews report · Aug 20, 10:41 PM

Seattle Times sports columnist resigns over spiked trans athlete story

A sports columnist with The Seattle Times announced Thursday he has resigned after the outlet declined to run his piece on transgender athletes in women's sports. “After 11 years as a sport...

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New York Times - BusinessOpinion · Aug 20, 11:40 PM

Seattle Times Columnist Resigns After Paper Scrapped Trans Sports Column

Matt Calkins, a longtime sports columnist, said editors had refused to publish a column about transgender athletes in women’s competitions.

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InstapunditOpinion · Aug 20, 10:30 PM

MATT CALKINS: I was a sports columnist at the Seattle Times for 11 years. This is why I resigned. 1

I was a sports columnist at the Seattle Times for 11 years. This is why I resigned. 16-year-old Ahnaleigh Wilson, who’d lost to a biological male in a track and field race in eighth grade a...

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