🗞️ Story file #289
Ken Paxton accuses John Cornyn of hoping he loses Texas Senate race in leaked audio
Oct 9, 1 PM ET to Oct 10, 3 PM ET
- 9outlets carried it
- 🫏6 · 1 · 2🐘left · center · right
- 1.1 dayson the front pages
- 9front pages at once, at its peak
- 4 minof TV captions
- 21people retold it online
👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.
- Oct 9, 1 PM ETfirst on a front page: Townhall
- Oct 9, 4 PM ETfirst on TV: MSNOW
- Oct 10, 4 AM ETretold online by 21 people
- Oct 10, 7 AM ETpeak: on 9 front pages
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
💬 quoted: “He Wants Me to Lose” 2 “He wants me to lose” 3
Every outlet's first headline (9), left to right by AllSides rating
HuffPost
Ken Paxton Accuses John Cornyn Of Hoping He Loses Texas Senate Race, Audio Shows Oct 9, 12 PM ET
The Daily Kos
Paxton whines that Cornyn wants him to lose to teach GOP a lesson Oct 9, 3 PM ET
CNN
CNN Exclusive Paxton privately vents about fellow Republican amid tight Texas Senate race Oct 9, 12 PM ET
Mediaite
‘He Wants Me to Lose:’ Paxton Shares Scathing Anecdote About Cornyn in New Leaked Audio Oct 9, 9 AM ET
The Independent
More controversial Ken Paxton audio leaked after he was heard saying Trump was a problem Oct 8, 7 PM ET
Yahoo News
‘He wants me to lose’: Paxton complains about lack of support from Cornyn in leaked audio Oct 9, 3 PM ET
Newsweek
What Ken Paxton Alleges About John Cornyn in Leaked Audio Oct 10, 7 AM ET
Washington Examiner
Paxton complains about Cornyn’s lack of support in second leaked audio Oct 9, 11 AM ET
Townhall
'He Wants Me to Lose': Ken Paxton Exposes Cornyn's Revenge Plot Oct 9, 1 PM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
📺 On TV
- DRIFT, DRIP, DRIFT: PAXTON CAN'T STOP DAMAGING LEAKS MSNOW, 2 min
- GOP CANDIDATES RUSH TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES MSNOW, 75 s
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it
🧶 Retold online
- The Texas GOP is failing by prioritizing 'owning the libs' and running bad candidates like Paxton over the actual needs of the electorate. Oct 11: told by 9 people; told before on Oct 17, Oct 14, Oct 8
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 4 likes, 0 reposts
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 1 likes, 1 reposts
🧩 Owning the libs - Ken Paxton is corrupt and should be voted out of office. Oct 10: told by 12 people; told before on Oct 14
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 5 likes, 1 reposts
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 4 likes, 2 reposts
On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.
🗣️ names in it: Ken Paxton John Cornyn Texas CNN Republican Party
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🧵 Persistence
the running story it belongs to
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