UPDATED: Texas Tax Dollars Funded Politico, Other ‘News’ Websites

[UPDATED: Originally published on Feb. 6, this article was updated on Feb. 10 to include additional data and a table.]

Revelations that millions of federal tax dollars have flowed to national and even international news organizations have raised questions about journalistic integrity and government-fed propaganda.

A review of state spending records finds that agencies in Texas have also been spending heavily on leftwing publications.

Since 2016, the Comptroller’s website reveals state agencies have given $342,850 to the Texas Tribune, a publication that has been aligned with leftist financier George Soros. Another $173,911 has gone to the Austin-based Quorum Report, a liberal gossip website.

The same database finds state agencies have also paid more than $253,050 to Politico.

Other publications getting subsidized by state taxpayers include the Dallas Morning News ($428,096), the Austin American-Statesman ($109,639), the Houston Chronicle ($106,187), the San Antonio Express-News ($71,024), and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram ($103,234). Texas Monthly, known for its far-left news coverage and attack pieces on conservatives, has received $195,585 from tax coffers.

Note: This data is taken directly from the Comptroller’s website. The amounts total $6.7 million.