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Coverage dated August 24, 2022 to August 25, 2022

California billboards warn against moving to Texas by invoking mass shooting

Headline from KVIA El Paso

A controversial billboard campaign in San Francisco and Los Angeles is discouraging Californians from moving to Texas. The controversial billboards seem to be using the Robb Elementary school shooting in Uvalde to warn Californians against moving to Texas. “The Texas miracle died in Uvalde.

KVIA El Paso's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

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  1. CBS 19 Tyler

    The Texas Miracle Died in Uvalde: California billboards warn against moving to Texas (opens CBS 19 Tyler)

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    CBS 19 Tyler's feed description

    It is currently unknown who is behind the creation of the billboards throughout the cities, but they are leased to advertisers by FoxPoint Media in San Francisco.

  2. KVIA El Paso

    California billboards warn against moving to Texas by invoking mass shooting (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    A controversial billboard campaign in San Francisco and Los Angeles is discouraging Californians from moving to Texas. The controversial billboards seem to be using the Robb Elementary school shooting in Uvalde to warn Californians against moving to Texas. “The Texas miracle died in Uvalde.

  3. Newsweek

    Billboards warn California residents not to move to Texas after mass exodus (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The billboards mention Uvalde, include an image of a person wearing a hooded sweatshirt and boast a red X through the "Don't mess with Texas" slogan.

  4. Bearing Arms

    California billboards cite Uvalde shooting as reason to stay out of Texas (opens Bearing Arms)

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    Bearing Arms's feed description

    A pair of billboards that have popped up in Los Angeles and San Francisco are warning Californians “don’t move to Texas,” claiming “The Texas Miracle died in Uvalde.” It&...

  5. KIII Corpus Christi

    Controversial billboard campaign discouraging Californians from moving to Texas (opens KIII Corpus Christi)

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    KIII Corpus Christi's feed description

    It reads "The Texas miracle died in Uvalde. Don't move to Texas."

  6. KHOU Houston

    Grabbing attention and disgust: New California billboards point to Uvalde mass shooting as a reason not to move to Texas (opens KHOU Houston)

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    KHOU Houston's feed description

    It's still not clear who or what entity is behind the billboards. 'FoxPoint Media' leases the space but didn't return requests for comment Thursday.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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