Bowen Yang, Matt Rogers urge voters not to 'waste your money' donating to Jasmine Crockett: 'Don't do it'
Rogers argued that Crockett was unlikely to win a Texas Senate seat and urged listeners not to donate to her campaign.

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TAP FOR WHYCredibility rates Yahoo News, which republished this story. The other scores rate the article itself.
The page attributes the article to Entertainment Weekly and points readers to the original, while Yahoo Entertainment provides a recognizable publishing platform. The reporting appears to be reproduced rather than original to Yahoo.
- Source type — National news publisher and established entertainment-news platform.
- Transparency — The page identifies Entertainment Weekly as the original source.
- Author attribution — The article names Joey Nolfi as author.
- Editorial standards — The text attributes political judgments to the podcast speakers and notes an outreach for comment.
The article uses direct quotations from the podcast and distinguishes the speakers’ views from reported facts. It includes a note that Crockett was contacted, but the central assessment of her electoral prospects rests largely on the cohosts’ opinions, with limited independent context or response.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The cohosts’ criticism and electoral predictions dominate the article. The piece includes Crockett’s brief response to separate remarks by Vance and notes an outreach for comment, but no direct reply to the cohosts’ claims appears.
- Counterarguments presented — The article notes outreach to Crockett but does not include a response to the cohosts’ appeal or predictions.
- Source diversity — Most substantive claims come from the two podcast cohosts.
- Opinion vs reporting — The cohosts’ opinions are clearly attributed rather than presented as established fact.
- Loaded language — Strong phrases appear mainly in direct quotations.
The article reports the cohosts’ political views and Crockett’s response with attribution, without adopting a discernible partisan position of its own.
- Language tone — Mostly descriptive language; opinionated phrases are presented as quotations.
- Source selection — The cohosts’ views dominate, but the article also includes Crockett’s response and says she was contacted for comment.
- Framing — The headline centers the cohosts’ appeal but attributes it to them.
Republished with credit
Republished from Ew, with credit to the original publisher.
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Podcast cohosts Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers urged listeners not to donate to Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s Texas Senate campaign, arguing she is unlikely to win. Rogers said he might support Senate candidate James Talarico instead.
On their podcast, Rogers urged listeners not to donate to Crockett’s Senate campaign, saying she was unlikely to win in Texas. Yang agreed. Rogers said he preferred a less-defined candidate and described Talarico as a possible alternative, while criticizing the prospect of an establishment California Democrat.
The article also recounts Yang’s regret about supporting Hillary Clinton in 2016 and reports that Crockett called Vice President J.D. Vance’s remarks about her racially motivated during an appearance on “The View.” Entertainment Weekly said it had reached out to Crockett for comment.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Crockett in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Crockett’s record.
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Vice President whose remarks about Crockett were criticized by her
Former Texas politician cited as a comparison for Crockett’s Senate prospects
Part of a bigger story
13 OUTLETSPodcast hosts Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang urged listeners not to donate to Jasmine Crockett’s Texas Senate campaign, with Rogers questioning her chances of winning. Left-leaning outlets emphasize backlash and apologies, and challenge the hosts’ assessment of Crockett’s prospects. Center outlets cover different aspects, including Rogers’s apology, Crockett’s campaign activity and scrutiny of her finances. Right-leaning outlets foreground the hosts’ prediction that Crockett is unlikely to win and their warning against donations; one article also links campaign funding to primary conflict.
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