WHEN THE DOORS of the Texas Senate Chamber opened for the 2019 session, there were two new faces at the press table.Both were employees of Texas Scorecard, then the reporting arm of the influential Tea Party–aligned group Empower Texans, with press credentials from the Senate. Empower Texans had donated millions to elect right-wing Republicans. Now, despite opposition from some lawmakers who saw them as lobbyists, the group said it would hold them to account on the floor, too.
Origen: The rise and rise of partisan local newsrooms – Columbia Journalism Review
