'The View' erupts after Hostin declares 'I would hold my nose' and vote for scandal-plagued Graham Platner
The co-hosts debated whether voters should support Platner despite controversies surrounding him.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYCredibility rates Yahoo News, which republished this story. The other scores rate the article itself.
Yahoo is an established national publisher, but this article appears to reproduce reporting attributed to Fox News Digital. The article identifies its reporting source, though it relies mainly on televised remarks and offers limited independent sourcing.
- Source type — An established national publishing platform, though the reporting is attributed to another outlet.
- Transparency — The article identifies Fox News Digital as the outlet that contacted Platner’s campaign.
- Author attribution — No author is identified in the article metadata.
- Source diversity — The reporting largely recounts statements made by television co-hosts.
The article quotes several participants in the televised debate and notes that Fox News Digital sought comment from Platner’s campaign. It provides limited independent context or direct response from Platner, so the piece is informative but narrow and largely quote-driven.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article presents differing views from several co-hosts, including both support for and opposition to voting for Platner. However, it relies on their televised discussion, offers little independent context, and reports no immediate response from Platner’s campaign.
- Counterarguments presented — Hostin and Goldberg defend voting for Platner, while Haines and Griffin raise objections or call for another candidate.
- Source diversity — Most evidence consists of comments from the same television discussion; the campaign did not respond immediately.
- Loaded language — The headline and some quoted descriptions use charged language, though much of it is attributed to speakers.
The article gives space to disagreement among the co-hosts but foregrounds the controversies around Platner and frames his candidacy critically. Its selection and emphasis lean against the Democratic candidate, without making the piece wholly one-sided.
- Headline — The headline emphasizes a feud and describes Platner as embroiled in scandal.
- Framing — The story gives considerable attention to allegations and criticism of Platner.
- Source selection — It includes both support for voting for Platner and arguments against doing so, all through the co-hosts’ remarks.
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Co-hosts of “The View” disagreed over whether Democrats should support Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite controversies described in the article. Sunny Hostin said she would vote for him, while Sara Haines said she would not endorse him.
The co-hosts debated whether Platner should be supported as the Democratic candidate challenging Sen. Susan Collins. Hostin said that, although she had been concerned about his character, she would vote for him because Democrats need to take control of Congress. Haines disagreed and said she would rather vote for Collins, citing Collins’s bipartisan record.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Platner in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Platner’s record.
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SWIPE →Senator from Maine and Platner’s opponent in the Senate race
President of the United States, mentioned in a co-host’s comparison
Part of a bigger story
9 OUTLETSThe View hosts debated Graham Platner’s Senate candidacy amid allegations and past remarks, including whether Democrats should support him. Center outlets emphasize the hosts’ debate over backing Platner despite the allegations; one account also centers their response to Trump’s insult. Right-leaning outlets foreground allegations and past remarks, often presenting them as a political problem for Platner and Democrats.
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