How outlets cover Troy Jackson · Oct 12, 2026
Super PAC Ads Targeting Troy Jackson Run in Wrong Portland
A super PAC targeting Troy Jackson mistakenly ran ads in Portland, Oregon, instead of Portland, Maine. Left-leaning outlets emphasize the mix-up’s humor, while center outlets focus more on the error’s explanation and the race context.
Lead article · The New York Times · CENTERAn Ad Targeting Susan Collins’s Opponent, Troy Jackson, Airs in the Wrong PortlandCommunity verdict
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This story reports what happened without casting Jackson in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Jackson’s record.
A Republican-aligned super PAC’s ads targeting Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson mistakenly ran in Portland, Oregon, rather than Portland, Maine.
Left-leaning outlets treat the wrong-city placement as a comic mix-up and foreground a Jackson supporter’s reaction. Center outlets give a more matter-of-fact account, including the PAC’s refund or vendor-error explanation and the broader Senate-race context.
Outlets by lean
6 RATEDCompare by side
Left coverage uses humor around the mistaken placement and foregrounds a Jackson supporter’s reaction.
How outlets portrayed Jackson, by side
6 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, 3 neutral. Center: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 3 neutral. Right: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral.
When each side covered it
OCT 12Articles per day by side. OCT 12: Left 3, Center 3, Right 0.
No right-leaning outlet has covered this yet. We’ll alert you when one does.No right-leaning outlet has covered this yet. We’ll alert you when one does, and when any new outlet covers it.