How outlets cover Hakeem S. Jeffries D · NY-8 · May 21 – May 22, 2026
Jeffries and Schumer Asked About Graham Platner’s Archived Posts
Jeffries and Schumer were asked about Graham Platner’s resurfaced posts. Coverage diverges between scrutiny of their response and criticism of Jeffries’s remarks about MAGA.
Lead article · New York Post · RIGHTThe week in whoppers: Hakeem Jeffries goes ballistic on MAGA, Fran Lebowitz reveals her ignorance and moreCommunity verdict
9 VOTES- Readers of left-leaning coverage: not enough votes yet
- Readers of right-leaning coverage: 57% good look
Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer were asked about resurfaced social-media posts by Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner.
Center outlets frame Platner’s posts as a political liability and focus on Jeffries’s statement that he had not seen them. Right-leaning outlets split between questioning Democratic leaders’ willingness to discuss the posts and criticizing Jeffries’s remarks about MAGA.
Outlets by lean
3 RATEDCompare by side
It presents Platner’s posts as a political liability and reports that Jeffries said he had not seen them.
How outlets portrayed Jeffries, by side
3 ARTICLESEach article counts once, however many sites carried it. Sides are each outlet’s published lean. How portrayal is read
Left: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral. Center: 0 favorable, 1 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral. Right: 0 favorable, 2 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral.
When each side covered it
MAY 21 – 22Articles per day by side. MAY 21: Left 0, Center 0, Right 2. MAY 22: Left 0, Center 1, Right 0.
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