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Ron Klain Defends Graham Platner Over Tattoo Criticism

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

Lead article · Jns · RIGHTFormer Biden chief-of-staff Ron Klain accused of 'whitewashing' Graham Platner's Nazi tattoo
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OUTLETS
77 RATED
ARTICLES
8
SPAN
6DAYS
AVG CRED
61MEDIUM
The sides

How each side told it

OUTLETS BY LEAN7 RATED
WHO’S NAMED
People · 2 PEOPLE

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

Platner and Klain were named together by 3 of 7 outlets. Counted by outlet.

GOODMIXEDINFORMATIONALBAD

Platner won the Democratic primary amid scrutiny of past comments and reports about his conduct.

NAMED BY 7 OF 7
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
▼ MOSTLY BAD1 OF 1 OUTLETCenter outlets: mostly bad, 1 of 1 outlet.
RIGHT
◇ SPLITACROSS 6 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: split across 6 outlets (2 mixed · 2 informational · 2 bad).

Klain defended Platner’s account of the tattoo and hosted a fundraiser for the Maine Senate candidate.

NAMED BY 3 OF 7
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSCenter outlets: not named.
RIGHT
◆ MIXED2 OF 3 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: mixed, 2 of 3 outlets.
Timeline · 6 DAYS

When each side picked it up

ARTICLES PER DAY
LEFTCENTERRIGHTLEFT: NO COVERAGE YET

When each side picked it up. center: 1 article, first jun 10 · 11:15 am, 39 hours after the first report. right-leaning: 6 articles, first jun 8 · 8:41 pm. unrated: 1 article, first jun 11 · 6:00 pm.

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