The Washington Reporter is one of the Senate GOP staff’s most trusted news outlets, according to an internal staff poll.
The Senate Republican Conference, chaired by Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.), recently commissioned a poll of its staff; one of the questions was a free response one, which asked respondents which outlets they believe “are fairest to Republicans.”
The Reporter tied for second place alongside Axios. Punchbowl News came in first. Other Hill-oriented outlets, like Politico, Semafor, CNN, and The Hill did not appear on the final list of outlets that are fairest to Republicans.
“We’ve known for a long time that the Reporter is widely-read and respected by senators and Senate staff, but it’s great to have this validation from the Senate Republican Conference,” the Reporter’s CEO Brian Colas said. “Being in second is a good start for us as a new outlet, and we’ll work to get to number one.”
Other findings in the Senate GOP poll are likely welcome news to Meta and to Elon Musk. Respondents were asked which social media platforms they “most commonly use” in their personal lives. A 59 percent majority responded with Instagram, and 35 percent said X. Facebook tied for third alongside at 2.7 percent. TikTok did not register on the poll.
Sen. Tim Sheehy (R., Mont.) was the biggest winner among his colleagues in the poll. He and Sen. John Boozman (R., Ark.) were the two lawmakers Senate staff say they want to see on television more often; Sheehy was also named alongside Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R., S.D.), Cotton, Eric Schmitt (R., Mo.), and Ted Cruz (R., Texas) as a lawmaker staff think should be in the Senate GOP’s “starting five” for basketball.
