Maine Democratic Senate candidate's old social media posts about sexual acts in portable toilets surface
Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate challenging Senator Susan Collins in Maine, made sexually explicit posts on social media between 2017 and 2021...
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This event sits in the top 93% of divergence this week. 3 outlets covered it, splitting into 3 framing camps across 1 bias group.
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Coverage splits between partisan framing (Daily Wire's NRSC angle) and graphic presentation (NY Post/Breitbart emphasizing crude details), with Breitbart amplifying the most sensational language while all three report the same underlying posts.
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'Deeply Disturbing': Dem Candidate's Sexually Explicit Porta Potty Posts Resurface
dailywire.com
Daily Wire1d ago
'Deeply Disturbing': Dem Candidate's Sexually Explicit Porta Potty Posts Resurface
Dem Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner gushed over phallic graffiti, boasted porta potty sex acts in Reddit posts
nypost.com
NY Post1d ago
Dem Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner gushed over phallic graffiti, boasted porta potty sex acts in Reddit posts
breitbart.com
Breitbart19h ago
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