🗞️ Story file #763
Bush family member votes for Talarico in Texas Senate race
Oct 21, 12 PM ET to Oct 23, 10 AM ET · 2 outlets not rated for lean
- 19outlets carried it
- 🫏8 · 4 · 5🐘left · center · right
- 1.9 dayson the front pages
- 18front pages at once, at its peak
- 21 minof TV captions
- 2radio newscasts
- 13people retold it online
- 1fact-check
- 1 of 2parts of a saga
👣 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 21, 12 PM ETfirst on a front page: The Guardian
- Oct 21, 1 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
- Oct 21, 6 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
- Oct 21, 9 PM ETpeak: on 18 front pages
- Oct 22, 8 AM ETretold online by 13 people
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
📌 linked by aggregators: Google News Political Wire
💬 quoted: “Enormously Impressed”
🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 neil bush
✏️ 4 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- Breitbart (2 wordings): “Neil Bush, Bush Family Back Far-Left James Talarico in Texas Senate Race” → “Another Bush Family Member Backs Talarico”
- Fox News (2 wordings): “Bush family royalty backs Democrat in battle to flip Texas blue” → “Bush family royalty backs Dem in TX Senate battle”
- HuffPost (2 wordings): “‘Character Matters’: Bush Family Member Rebukes Trump, Breaks From GOP In Key Race” → “Bush Family Member Says He Voted For James Talarico”
- Newsweek (2 wordings): “George W. Bush’s Brother Trashes Ken Paxton, Says He Voted for Talarico” → “George W. Bush’s Brother Trashes Paxton, Says He Voted for Talarico”
Every outlet's first headline (19), left to right by AllSides rating
HuffPost
‘Character Matters’: Bush Family Member Rebukes Trump, Breaks From GOP In Key Race Oct 21, 5 AM ET
MSNBC
George W. Bush’s daughter and brother endorse James Talarico Oct 21, 1 PM ET
Raw Story
Another Bush family member breaks ranks in Texas — and takes subtle jab at Trump Oct 21, 7 AM ET
The Daily Beast
Bush Family Member Goes Nuclear on Trump and Snubs MAGA Pick Oct 21, 7 AM ET
The Guardian
Bush’s brother crosses party lines to vote for James Talarico for Senate Oct 21, 12 PM ET
CBS News
George W. Bush's brother says he voted for Talarico in Senate race Oct 21, 12 PM ET
Mediaite
W. Bush's Brother Shreds Paxton, Trump -- Reveals He Voted for Talarico... Oct 21, 8 AM ET
The Independent
Member of Bush family reveals he is ditching the GOP and voting Democrat in Texas Oct 21, 1 PM ET
BBC
Bush family members back Democrat James Talarico in Texas Senate race Oct 21, 2 PM ET
News Nation
George W. Bush's brother says he voted for Talarico in Texas Senate race Oct 21, 4 PM ET
Newsweek
George W. Bush’s Brother Trashes Ken Paxton, Says He Voted for Talarico Oct 21, 4 AM ET
The Hill
Neil Bush, brother of George W. Bush, says he voted for Talarico Oct 21, 3 PM ET
The Washington Times
Neil Bush, citing opposition to Trump, votes for Democrat James Talarico in Texas Senate race Oct 22, 1 PM ET
Breitbart
Neil Bush, Bush Family Back Far-Left James Talarico in Texas Senate Race Oct 21, 1 PM ET
Fox News
Bush family royalty backs Democrat in battle to flip Texas blue Oct 20, 10 AM ET
OAN
Neil Bush, son of George H. W. Bush, backs Talarico in Texas Senate race Oct 21, 9 PM ET
The Western Journal
George W. Bush's Brother Reveals Vote for Far-Left Dem Talarico, Says He's 'Enormously Impressed' by Him Oct 21, 11 AM ET
Crooks and Liars
Bush Family Scion Just Crossed Party Lines In CRUCIAL Midterm Race Oct 21, 11 AM ET
The Washington Sun
George W. Bush’s Brother Backs Talarico and Bashes Ken Paxton Oct 21, 1 PM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
📺 On TV
- GEORGE W. BUSH'S BROTHER SNUBS PAXTON, VOTES FOR TALARICO CNN, 9 min
- TWO BUSH FAMILY MEMBERS SUPPORT DEM IN TX SENATE RACE CNN, 3 min
- TEXAS VOTERS SPLIT AS SENATE RACE HEATS UP Fox News, 2 min
- TWO OF GEORGE W. BUSH'S RELATIVES BACKING JAMES TALARICO CNN, 67 s
- ALL EYES ON THE TEXAS SENATE RACE Fox News, 66 s
- TWO BUSH FAMILY MEMBERS SUPPORT DEM IN TX SENATE RACE. Rep. Chip Roy | (R) Budget Committee CNN, 58 s
- TEXAS VOTERS WEIGH IN ON SENATE RACE Fox News, 49 s
- FOX POLL: TEXAS SENATE RACE DEADLOCKED Fox News, 32 s
📻 On the radio
- NPR News Now, Oct 21, 4:09 PM ET: story 2 of 6
- NPR News Now, Oct 21, 1:10 PM ET: story 5 of 6
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it
🧩 How it's being told
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- 🧩 Breaking ranks
🧶 online
↔️ its answer: Shifting political alliance
“Neil Bush and Barbara Bush have supported Democrat James Talarico in the Texas Senate race.”
🧶 Retold online
- Neil Bush and Barbara Bush have supported Democrat James Talarico in the Texas Senate race. Oct 22: told by 13 people
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 45 likes, 21 reposts
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 10 likes, 5 reposts
On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.
🗣️ names in it: James Talarico George W. Bush George W. Bush's brother Paxton Donald Trump Bush Family
🔎 Checking
what the fact-checkers looked into
🧵 Persistence
the running story it belongs to
🧵 Texas Senate race
Bush family member votes for Talarico in Texas Senate race (this story)
Oct 21, 12 PM ET
Texas Senate race remains competitive with Talarico and Paxton in contention
Oct 27, 12 PM ET