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How outlets cover Crockett · Jan 8 – Jan 17, 2026

Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers Apologize Over Comments About Jasmine Crockett

Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang urged listeners not to donate to Jasmine Crockett’s Senate campaign. Left-leaning outlets challenge their electoral judgment, while right-leaning outlets foreground it; center outlets also cover Rogers’s apology and Crockett’s campaign.

Lead article · Texas Public Radio · CENTER'We deserve better': Jasmine Crockett brings Senate campaign to San Antonio
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Podcast 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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“Questioning celebrity electability claims”

Left coverage treats the hosts’ advice as dismissive, foregrounds backlash and apologies, and one article argues Crockett’s public profile could be an asset.

5 LEFT ARTICLES
Metro WeeklyJAN 17 · 8:49 AM ET
Matt Rogers, Bowen Yang Apologize for Dismissing Jasmine CrockettRogers and Yang apologized after discouraging donations to Crockett’s Senate campaign and questioning her chances in Texas.CRED 66BAL 60 PORTRAYS CROCKETT: FAVORABLE
TherootJAN 13 · 11:45 AM ET
Bowen Yang, Matt Rogers Apologize After Telling Fans Not to Vote Rep. Jasmine CrockettCrockett was the subject of the comedians’ advice against donating to her Senate campaign.CRED 64BAL 45 PORTRAYS CROCKETT: FAVORABLE
HiphopwiredJAN 13 · 11:02 AM ET
Bowen Yang, Matt Rogers Walk Back Jasmine Crockett CommentsPodcast hosts apologized after urging listeners not to donate to Crockett’s Senate campaign.CRED 56BAL 60 PORTRAYS CROCKETT: NEUTRAL

How outlets portrayed Crockett

Each article counts once, however many sites carried it. Sides are each outlet’s published lean. How portrayal is read

Left: 3 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 2 neutral. Center: 0 favorable, 1 critical, 0 mixed, 3 neutral. Right: 0 favorable, 4 critical, 0 mixed, 1 neutral.

When each side covered it

Articles per week by side. JAN 5: Left 2, Center 3, Right 4. JAN 12: Left 3, Center 1, Right 1.

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