How outlets cover Graham Platner · Mar 21 – Mar 31, 2026
Mills and Platner Release Ads About Platner’s Past Online Comments
Janet Mills and Graham Platner have run competing ads over Platner’s past online comments as they seek Maine’s Democratic Senate nomination. Coverage differs on whether the focus is Platner’s growth, campaign strategy, or criticism of his posts.
Lead article · NBC News · CENTERJanet Mills and Graham Platner battle for female voters in Maine's key Senate raceCommunity verdict
8 VOTESJanet Mills’ campaign has run ads criticizing Graham Platner over past online comments, and Platner has responded with ads of his own. The dispute is unfolding as they compete for the Democratic Senate nomination in Maine.
Left-leaning outlets emphasize an argument that voters should weigh Platner’s personal growth and later choices alongside the posts, criticizing Mills’ campaign for reviving them. Center outlets focus on the competing ads and campaign strategy, also examining voter support and the ads’ claims. Right-leaning outlets foreground the controversy around Platner’s posts and Mills’ ads; one also presents Warren’s endorsement as contentious.
Outlets by lean
7 RATEDCompare by side
Centralmaine.com argues voters should weigh Platner’s recovery and later choices against his old posts, criticizing Mills’ campaign for reviving them.
How outlets portrayed Platner, by side
8 ARTICLESEach article counts once, however many sites carried it. Sides are each outlet’s published lean. How portrayal is read
Left: 1 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral. Center: 0 favorable, 2 critical, 0 mixed, 3 neutral. Right: 0 favorable, 1 critical, 0 mixed, 1 neutral.
When each side covered it
MAR 21 – 31Articles per week by side. MAR 16: Left 0, Center 0, Right 1. MAR 23: Left 3, Center 6, Right 1. MAR 30: Left 0, Center 1, Right 0.
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