AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Study: Apple News and Google News buried negative coverage of Maine Democrat Graham Platner for months
Apple News and Google News ran zero stories about the mounting controversies surrounding Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner for roughly six months, even as conservative outlets published at least 112 reports on his Nazi tattoo, offensive Reddit posts, and sexual misconduct allegations, a new Media Research Center study alleges. The alleged blackout, which the […] The post Study: Apple News and Google News buried negative coverage of Maine Democrat Graham Platner for months appeared first on American Almanac .
Apple News and Google News ran zero stories about the mounting controversies surrounding Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner for roughly six months, even as conservative outlets published at least 112 reports on his Nazi tattoo, offensive Reddit posts, and sexual misconduct allegations, a new Media Research Center study alleges. The alleged blackout, which the MRC says ran from November through May, began shortly after a late-October poll showed Platner as the strongest Democratic challenger to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins. It ended only after The New York Times published a May 30 report on Platner's sexting controversy, by which point the candidate had become a political liability rather than an asset. The timeline…Open