Former democratic Senate candidate Reilly Neill makes post of support for Kurt Alme
Neill said Alme would have been her second choice but stressed that she was not endorsing him.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYNonStop Local Montana is a local-news publisher, and the story identifies its reporter and attributes statements to Neill and other sources. The article offers limited independent verification and relies heavily on social media posts and quoted material.
- Source type — Local-news outlet with a regional audience.
- Author attribution — An anchor is named as the author and interviewer.
- Editorial standards — The report attributes claims and quotes, but provides limited corroboration.
The article reports Neill’s statements and social media posts, includes a brief interview, and supplies some campaign context. It offers limited independent verification or response from the opponent Neill criticizes, and much of the context is relayed from another outlet.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article includes Neill’s clarification and Alme’s brief welcome, but most of the account comes from Neill’s statements and it does not include a response from the opponent she criticizes.
- Counterarguments presented — Neill clarifies she is not endorsing Alme; no response from the opponent she criticizes is included.
- Source diversity — The story uses Neill’s statements, Alme’s post and context attributed to another outlet.
- Opinion vs reporting — The piece is presented as reporting and attributes its claims.
The article reports the posts and interview in mostly straightforward language, with no clear partisan framing. It includes Neill’s criticism and her clarification that she is not endorsing Alme.
- Language tone — Mostly matter-of-fact reporting.
- Framing — The report presents both the apparent support and Neill’s clarification.
- Source selection — Relies primarily on Neill’s statements and social media, with some outside context.
Reilly Neill said Kurt Alme would have been her second choice in Montana’s Senate race, but clarified that she is not endorsing him. She also criticized her former opponent and discussed outside spending in the race.
Political director Jami Woodman posted tweets supporting Republican Senate nominee Kurt Alme, and Neill later made a similar post. Neill said Alme would have been her second choice after her own campaign, while stressing that she was not endorsing him and that Woodman’s opinions were her own. Alme welcomed the support on social media.
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