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UPDATED 17H AGO

Mills and Platner Compete in Maine Democratic Senate Primary

So far five center and right-leaning outlets have covered this. No left-leaning outlet has picked it up yet.

Lead article · NPR · CENTERHoping to flip Maine, Democrats battle it out in an expensive U.S. Senate primary : NPR
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OUTLETS
55 RATED
ARTICLES
72 COPIES
SPAN
4DAYS
AVG CRED
75HIGH
The sides

How each side told it

OUTLETS BY LEAN5 RATED
WHO’S NAMED
People · 2 PEOPLE

Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them

Mills and Platner were named together by 2 of 5 outlets. Counted by outlet.

FAVORABLEMIXEDNEUTRALCRITICAL

Mills’s campaign aired an ad highlighting Platner’s old social media posts as the Democratic Senate primary intensified.

NAMED BY 5 OF 5
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL3 OF 4 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly neutral, 3 of 4 outlets.
RIGHT
▼11 OUTLETRight-leaning outlets: 1 outlet, 1 critical.

Platner responded to Mills’s ad as recent polls showed him leading the Democratic primary.

NAMED BY 2 OF 5
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
◆22 OUTLETSCenter outlets: 2 outlets, 2 mixed.
RIGHT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: not named.
Timeline · 4 DAYS

When each side picked it up

ARTICLES PER 12 HOURS
LEFTCENTERRIGHTLEFT: NO COVERAGE YET

When each side picked it up. center: 6 articles, first mon 5:51 am. right-leaning: 1 article, first wed 7:45 am, 50 hours after the first report.

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