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Poll Finds Talarico and Cornyn Nearly Tied

Rated outlets across the spectrum have covered this: 2 left-leaning, 6 center and 6 right-leaning.

Lead article · Houston Public Media · CENTERAs Republicans await Trump's endorsement, Democrats float poll showing Talarico tied with Cornyn and Paxton
Image · Houston Public Media
OUTLETS
1614 RATED
ARTICLES
184 COPIES
SPAN
6DAYS
AVG CRED
64MEDIUM
The sides

How each side told it

OUTLETS BY LEAN14 RATED · 2 UNRATED
WHO’S NAMED
LEFT-LEANING11% · AVG CRED 73
TOP HEADLINE · MOST CREDIBLE OUTLETHuffPost · Yahoo NewsMAR 11 · 11:30 AM'I Approve This Message': James Talarico Turns GOP Attack Into 1 Holy FailureTalaricoMixedCRED 75HUFFPOST · REPUBLISHED BY YAHOO NEWS
1 MORE LEFT
San Antonio CurrentMAR 10 · 2:14 PMTalarico and Cornyn neck-and-neck in hypothetical matchup, new poll findsTalaricoInformationalCornynInformationalCRED 71
People · 3 PEOPLE

Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them

Talarico and Cornyn were named together by 4 of 16 outlets. Counted by outlet.

GOODMIXEDINFORMATIONALBAD

A poll commissioned by Senate Majority PAC found him statistically tied with both remaining Republican candidates.

NAMED BY 11 OF 16
LEFT
◇ SPLITACROSS 2 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: split across 2 outlets (1 mixed · 1 informational).
CENTER
● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL3 OF 4 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly informational, 3 of 4 outlets.
RIGHT
◇ SPLITACROSS 5 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: split across 5 outlets (2 mixed · 1 informational · 2 bad).
R · TX · NARCOTICS CAUCUS CHAIR

Cornyn’s campaign is launching a video attacking his opponent in the Republican Senate runoff.

NAMED BY 8 OF 16
LEFT
● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL1 OF 1 OUTLETLeft-leaning outlets: mostly informational, 1 of 1 outlet.
CENTER
● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL4 OF 5 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly informational, 4 of 5 outlets.
RIGHT
● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL1 OF 1 OUTLETRight-leaning outlets: mostly informational, 1 of 1 outlet.
R · TX

The poll found Talarico narrowly ahead of him, and Paxton said he planned to remain in the Republican primary.

NAMED BY 5 OF 16
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL3 OF 3 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly informational, 3 of 3 outlets.
RIGHT
● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL1 OF 1 OUTLETRight-leaning outlets: mostly informational, 1 of 1 outlet.
Timeline · 6 DAYS

When each side picked it up

ARTICLES PER DAY
LEFTCENTERRIGHTLEFT-LEANING OUTLETS ARRIVED 5D AFTER THE FIRST REPORT

When each side picked it up. left-leaning: 2 articles, first mar 10 · 2:14 pm, 5 days after the first report. center: 8 articles, first mar 5 · 6:45 am. right-leaning: 6 articles, first mar 6 · 5:03 pm, 34 hours after the first report. unrated: 2 articles, first mar 8 · 9:41 pm.

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