<p>As usual, the media and the <em>New York Times</em> appear to have overhyped hopes for a Texas takeover in Congress this November. The paper’s familiar anti-conservative labeling pattern was present in the paper’s live updates of results from primary elections in Texas, with “far-right” Republicans pitted against benign-sounding “progressives” – not “far left,” not even “liberal.”And Beto O’Rourke, the newest Democratic savior of Texas, whom the paper fawned over last month, underperformed substantially, coming out on top in a challenging three-way Democratic primary.</p>
NYT Times Has Texas-Sized Letdown as Dems Can’t Match Media Hype vs. ‘Far Right’ GOP
