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Elections & Campaigns

Mills and Platner Release Ads About Platner’s Past Online Comments

Outlets across the spectrum have covered this: 2 left-leaning, 4 center and 2 right-leaning.

Lead article · Bangor Daily News · CENTERGraham Platner responds to Janet Mills' ad blitz at rural Maine town hall event
Image · Bangor Daily News
OUTLETS
88 RATED
ARTICLES
164 COPIES
SPAN
11DAYS
AVG CRED
65MEDIUM
The sides

How each side told it

OUTLETS BY LEAN8 RATED
WHO’S NAMED
LEFT-LEANING25% · AVG CRED 58
TOP HEADLINE · MOST CREDIBLE OUTLETCentralmaine.comMAR 25 · 4:00 AMGraham Platner's personal journey is important for MainePlatnerBad lookCRED 75CENTRALMAINE.COM · ALSO CARRIED BY PORTLAND PRESS HERALD, LEWISTON SUN JOURNAL
1 MORE LEFT
Crooks and Liars (original publisher not identified)MAR 26 · 6:30 PMJanet Mills Attack Ad Against Platner Backfires With Maine DemocratsMillsMixedCRED 41
People · 2 PEOPLE

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

Platner and Mills were named together by 3 of 8 outlets. Counted by outlet.

FAVORABLEMIXEDNEUTRALCRITICAL
Graham Platner
D · ME

Platner is defending his campaign against criticism of old online posts as he seeks the Democratic nomination.

NAMED BY 7 OF 8
LEFT
▲11 OUTLETLeft-leaning outlets: 1 outlet, 1 favorable.
CENTER
◇ SPLITACROSS 4 OUTLETSCenter outlets: split across 4 outlets (2 neutral · 2 critical).
RIGHT
●1 ▼12 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: 2 outlets, 1 neutral · 1 critical.
Janet Mills
D · ME

Mills aired ads about Platner’s old social media comments and argued that the controversies could hurt his chances against Collins.

NAMED BY 5 OF 8
LEFT
▼11 OUTLETLeft-leaning outlets: 1 outlet, 1 critical.
CENTER
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL2 OF 3 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly neutral, 2 of 3 outlets.
RIGHT
●11 OUTLETRight-leaning outlets: 1 outlet, 1 neutral.
Timeline · 11 DAYS

When each side picked it up

ARTICLES PER DAY
LEFTCENTERRIGHTLEFT-LEANING OUTLETS ARRIVED 4D AFTER THE FIRST REPORT

When each side picked it up. left-leaning: 4 articles, first mar 25 · 4:00 am, 4 days after the first report. center: 10 articles, first mar 23 · 5:51 am, 44 hours after the first report. right-leaning: 2 articles, first mar 21 · 10:00 am.

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