Texas Senate race: New Talarico ad rips Elon Musk 'dark money' push

What the coverage shows

The coverage converges on James Talarico as the Texas Senate candidate and on Elon Musk’s money or influence as a key part of the race. CNBC is the only outlet centered on a new Talarico ad attacking Musk’s “dark money” push, while Reuters frames the contest around Talarico voting and the scale of Republican fundraising. NBC News is separate from the ad coverage, focusing instead on alleged Russian-backed fake videos targeting Talarico, and Reason is the outlier, using the race as a setting for a broader discussion of a Libertarian candidate.

Written by Crossfiled from the 4 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.