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pbs.orgpolitics11 hrs agoFraming65Framing risk65/100Lede and title foreground Platner's personal scandal and ad release timing over the substantive anti-oligarchy content; heavy consensus framing inherited from sources on scandal vs. populism.Click to jump to full framing analysis
Platner Releases Populist Anti-Oligarchy Ad Days After Report of Sexually Explicit Messages
Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner issued a populist advertisement Monday, days after reports emerged that he sent sexually explicit messages to multiple women while married. Platner and Republican Sen. Susan Collins face each other in Maine’s November election.