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Peltola campaign denies NYT report it helped recruit a second Dan Sullivan
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The New York Times reported on Wednesday that operatives aligned with Democratic Senate nominee Mary Peltola’s campaign recruited a second candidate named Dan Sullivan to draw votes from Republican Senator Dan Sullivan in Alaska. The Times cited twelve sources, text messages and documents. Peltola’s campaign and national Democrats deny the report. Elisa Rios, Peltola’s former campaign manager, told the Times that Peltola was not personally involved but knew of the effort. President Donald Trump has called the reported effort a fraud and demanded a ballot change, and CNBC reports the Justice Department wants a judge to temporarily block certification of the election if Sullivan loses.
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The New York Times reports that operatives aligned with Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign recruited a second candidate named Dan Sullivan.
Across the spectrumReported byLeft4Center4Right1Far Right3See the outletsHide the outlets
- Left
- The New York Times, The Guardian, Bloomberg, The Independent
- Center
- The Hill, CNBC, Straight Arrow News, Newsweek
- Right
- The Washington Times
- Far Right
- Just the News, The Daily Wire, The Daily Signal
Peltola’s campaign and national Democrats deny the report.
One outletThe Hill· Center
Elisa Rios, Peltola’s former campaign manager, told the Times that Peltola was not personally involved but was aware of the team’s efforts.
One side only: the rightReported byFar Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
- Far Right
- Just the News, The Daily Signal
President Donald Trump called the reported effort “a fraud on the American public” and called for Peltola to be banned from the race.
One side only: the leftReported byLeft2See the outletsHide the outlets
- Left
- Bloomberg, The Independent
According to CNBC, the Justice Department wants a judge to temporarily block certification of the election if Sullivan loses due to voter confusion.
One outletCNBC· Center
Republicans have condemned the presence of two Dan Sullivans on the ballot as a ploy to split votes.
One outletThe Guardian· Left
What is contested
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Questions the coverage answers differently, and who says what.
Did Mary Peltola’s campaign help recruit the second Dan Sullivan?
The New York Times, citing twelve sources and text messages, reports that Peltola-aligned operatives recruited the candidate. Peltola’s campaign and national Democrats deny the report, as The Hill reports.
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All sides report the New York Times account that Peltola-aligned operatives recruited a second Dan Sullivan to draw votes from the Republican senator. Right-side outlets state it most flatly, with the Daily Wire calling it rigging, while center outlets lead with Peltola’s denial and left outlets split between the report itself and Trump’s demands.
the left
10 outlets · 2 opinion
Left headlines frame the recruitment as a reported Democratic scheme: the NYT calls it secret, the Guardian hedges with ‘reportedly’, and Bloomberg and the Independent lead with Trump’s response.
Inside Democrats’ Sensational language“Secret Effort”Calls a recruiting effort secret, a characterization the excerpt does not establish from records.More neutral: EffortDisagree with this highlight? to Stack Alaska’s Ballot
The New York TimesLeftAll left-leaning headlines the center
8 outlets
Center headlines split: The Hill leads with Peltola’s denial, CNBC and Straight Arrow News state the recruitment with attribution to the Times, and Newsweek frames it as a growing controversy.
Peltola denies NYT report her campaign recruited other Sullivan
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14 outlets · 6 opinion
Right-side headlines state the recruitment as fact on the New York Times’ authority, with Far Right outlets going furthest: the Daily Wire calls it rigging and the Daily Signal spotlights a former aide.
Peltola campaign recruited 2nd Dan Sullivan Loaded verb“to spoil”Spoil assigns a purpose of sabotage that the reported facts do not state.More neutral: to draw votes fromDisagree with this highlight? Senate race: NYT
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bombshellExposeslashed outSecret Effort
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Sensational language
bombshellMore neutral: report
Labels a report as dramatic before its findings are tested against the other side’s account.
…the doppelganger is a liberal plant and have dubbed him 'Decoy Dan' – and a bombshell report from The New York Times now revealed that the allegations are true.
Used byDaily Mail (Right)RedState (Far Right)NBC News (Left)Fox News (Far Right)and 2 more
Loaded verb
ExposesMore neutral: reports on
The verb presents a newspaper’s investigation as proof of wrongdoing before the facts are established.
Legacy Media Exposes How Dems Are Rigging Pivotal Senate Election
Used byThe Daily Wire (Far Right)TheBlaze (Far Right)NBC News (Left)
Loaded verb
lashed outMore neutral: responded
Describes the president’s reaction with added anger beyond the reported words.
The president lashed out at the former representative after The New York Times reported that her campaign and…
Used byThe New York Times (Left)Daily Mail (Right)New York Post (Right)
Loaded modifier
dirty trickMore neutral: effort to recruit a same-name candidate
Calling the recruiting a dirty trick presumes intent and wrongdoing before the facts are established.
The dirty trick first appeared to fall apart when Alaska director of elections kicked the fake Dan…
Used byHot Air (Far Right)Breitbart News (Far Right)
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RevealedMore neutral: Reported
Presents an allegation from a single report as proven fact.
Secret Scheme To Sabotage GOP Senator Revealed After Democrat Denied Involvement: REPORT
Used byThe Daily Caller (Far Right)Daily Mail (Right)
Absolutist framing
To Confuse VotersMore neutral: Mary Peltola’s Campaign Reportedly Recruited a Second Dan Sullivan
States a contested motive as established fact, with no evidence of intent cited in the supplied text.
To Confuse Voters, Mary Peltola's Campaign Recruited a Second Dan Sullivan
Used byReason (Right)New York Post (Right)
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bombshell reportMore neutral: report
The adjective adds drama to a report that is best described by its content.
Senate seat after a bombshell report that Democrats recruited candidates with the same name as the Republican…
Used byWashington Examiner (Right)New York Post (Right)
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scandalMore neutral: controversy
Calls the matter a scandal before any finding of wrongdoing.
The developments in the Alaska scandal surrounding the curious Senate candidacy of Dan J.
Used byRedState (Far Right)Daily Mail (Right)
Loaded verb
castigateMore neutral: criticize
The verb adds a judgement of condemnation beyond reporting what the article says was done.
Senate race, to castigate the Democrat skullduggery of running a fake “Republican”, ‘Decoy’ Dan J.
Used byRedState (Far Right)
Delegitimizing label
fake “Republican”More neutral: a candidate listed as a Republican
Calling the candidate fake asserts the conclusion of a disputed claim about the candidacy.
Senate race, to castigate the Democrat skullduggery of running a fake “Republican”, ‘Decoy’ Dan J.
Used byRedState (Far Right)
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Democrat shenanigansMore neutral: Democratic campaign tactics
“Shenanigans” characterizes the conduct as improper without establishing the facts.
In 2026, unfortunately, these kinds of Democrat shenanigans are not unique.
Used byRedState (Far Right)
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Democrat SkullduggeryMore neutral: Democratic campaign effort
“Skullduggery” asserts secret wrongdoing as established fact, while the coverage supports only an allegation of recruiting.
Democrat Skullduggery in the Senate Showdown in The Last Frontier (Alaska)
Used byRedState (Far Right)
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alarmingMore neutral: a New York Times headline
Adds alarm to a description of a headline that the writer says is misleading rather than false.
“Justice Department Seeks to Block Alaska Vote if Republican Loses,” stated an alarming New York Times headline on Friday.
Used byThe Free Press (Right)
Loaded verb
Trying to RigMore neutral: Who is accused of manipulating the Alaska Senate race?
Accuses a candidate or party of rigging an election, a charge the coverage disputes rather than establishes.
Who’s Really Trying to Rig the Alaska Senate Race?
Used byThe Free Press (Right)
Loaded verb
spoil the contestMore neutral: to draw votes from the contest
Spoil assigns a purpose of sabotage that the reported facts do not state.
…to recruit a second Republican candidate named "Dan Sullivan" in a bid to spoil the contest between herself and Sen.
Used byJust the News (Far Right)
Loaded verb
to spoilMore neutral: to draw votes from
Spoil assigns a purpose of sabotage that the reported facts do not state.
Peltola campaign recruited 2nd Dan Sullivan to spoil Senate race: NYT
Used byJust the News (Far Right)
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RiggingMore neutral: recruiting candidates to split votes
The word asserts illegal manipulation of an election as fact, while the campaign denies involvement.
Legacy Media Exposes How Dems Are Rigging Pivotal Senate Election
Used byThe Daily Wire (Far Right)
Sensational language
Secret EffortMore neutral: Effort
Calls a recruiting effort secret, a characterization the excerpt does not establish from records.
Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Ballot
Used byThe New York Times (Left)
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Secret PlanMore neutral: Plan
Calls a recruiting effort a secret plan, a characterization the excerpt does not establish from records.
Democrats' Secret Plan to Stack Alaska Senate Ballot With Spoilers
Used byRedState (Far Right)
Loaded verb
siphon votesMore neutral: draw votes
Siphon implies taking votes away improperly, while draw describes the same effort neutrally.
…with operatives trying to recruit spoiler candidates into Alaska's Senate race to siphon votes from Republican Sen.
Used byThe Washington Times (Right)
Sensational language
The plotMore neutral: The effort
Plot implies a secret scheme, while the paragraph describes an effort without a finding of concealment.
The plot, beginning in the summer of 2025, involved Peltola’s campaign and the Democratic…
Used byThe Daily Signal (Far Right)
Absolutist framing
She KnewMore neutral: Ex-Peltola aide says Peltola knew about recruiting the other Dan Sullivan
The headline states as settled fact an accusation that the campaign denies and that rests on one former aide's account.
Ex-Peltola Aide: She Knew About Recruiting the ‘Other Dan Sullivan’
Used byThe Daily Signal (Far Right)
Loaded modifier
a nobodyMore neutral: a little-known candidate
Dismisses a candidate with a derogatory label that does not bear on the facts of the race.
Sullivan is a nobody who suddenly decided to run for Senate.
Used byHot Air (Far Right)
Absolutist framing
Evidence Indicates Democrats IntentionallyMore neutral: Reports Say Democratic Operatives Recruited
States as established that Democrats acted intentionally, while the description says the operatives only reportedly acted.
Breaking: Evidence Indicates Democrats Intentionally 'Stacked' the Ballot in Key Senate Race
Used byThe Western Journal (Far Right)
Loaded verb
plotted to sabotageMore neutral: recruited candidates to run in the race
Assigns a sabotage motive to the campaign, a characterization the report does not establish.
Mary Peltola’s campaign reportedly plotted to sabotage Republican Alaska Sen.
Used byThe Daily Caller (Far Right)
Loaded verb
SabotageMore neutral: to affect the race
Characterizes recruitment of candidates as sabotage before intent is established by the coverage.
Secret Scheme To Sabotage GOP Senator Revealed After Democrat Denied Involvement: REPORT
Used byThe Daily Caller (Far Right)
Sensational language
bizarre battlegroundMore neutral: contested race
Adds a dramatic characterization of the race that the facts do not require.
…against Democrat Mary Peltola and a name double Dan Sullivan, has become a bizarre battleground for political power.
Used byDaily Mail (Right)
Absolutist framing
revealed that the allegations are trueMore neutral: reported allegations that the campaign was involved
Presents contested allegations as confirmed fact, while the Peltola campaign denies involvement.
…him 'Decoy Dan' – and a bombshell report from The New York Times now revealed that the allegations are true.
Used byDaily Mail (Right)
Sensational language
sabotage plotMore neutral: alleged effort to recruit candidates
Presents an allegation of intent as an established plot.
Democrats' secret sabotage plot to seize Alaska Senate seat exposed: Operatives hunted for another Dan Sullivan to…
Used byDaily Mail (Right)
Loaded verb
exposedMore neutral: reported
Presents an allegation from a report as proven.
Democrats' secret sabotage plot to seize Alaska Senate seat exposed: Operatives hunted for another Dan Sullivan to trick voters and even plotted to…
Used byDaily Mail (Right)
Loaded verb
huntedMore neutral: sought
Gives the recruitment a predatory tone not used in the report’s own description.
Democrats' secret sabotage plot to seize Alaska Senate seat exposed: Operatives hunted for another Dan Sullivan to trick voters and even plotted to create a MAGA party
Used byDaily Mail (Right)
Loaded verb
to trick votersMore neutral: that could confuse voters
States the intent to deceive voters as fact rather than as an allegation.
…to seize Alaska Senate seat exposed: Operatives hunted for another Dan Sullivan to trick voters and even plotted to create a MAGA party
Used byDaily Mail (Right)
Loaded modifier
phony RepublicanMore neutral: a candidate with the same name as the incumbent
Calling the candidate phony is a judgement in the outlet’s own voice, while the reporting describes a candidate with the same name.
‘Do we have a scheme for you’: Democrats recruited a phony Republican, report says
Used byStraight Arrow News (Center)
Loaded verb
confirmsMore neutral: reports
Says the Times investigation proves the link, when the excerpt reports an investigation's findings that are still contested.
An investigation by the New York Times confirms something that’s been widely suspected but never proven: that Democrats were behind a…
Used byCNN (Left)
Vague attribution
widely suspected but never provenMore neutral: that has been alleged by some observers
Asserts a suspicion held by unnamed people as common knowledge without naming who holds it.
An investigation by the New York Times confirms something that’s been widely suspected but never proven: that Democrats were behind a potential spoiler candidate in Alaska —…
Used byCNN (Left)
Absolutist framing
blatant election meddlingMore neutral: an effort to recruit a candidate with the same name
It presents the Times report’s contested reading as settled fact in the outlet’s own voice.
Nice of @nytimes to finally do some real journalism and report this blatant election meddling ONE WEEK before the midterms.
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
Loaded verb
trying to trick AlaskansMore neutral: trying to get Alaskans to vote for a candidate with the same name
It asserts an intent to deceive voters as established fact in the outlet’s own voice.
…MONTHS ago when Townhall broke the news that Mary Peltola's campaign was trying to trick Alaskans into voting for the WRONG Dan Sullivan?
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
Sensational language
I’m shocked, shocked!More neutral: The report says
The exclamation performs surprise and mockery rather than reporting what the report says.
I’m shocked, shocked! A new report confirms the suspicion that a lefty “Republican” with the same…
Used byPJ Media (Far Right)
Loaded modifier
leftyMore neutral: Democrat-backing
The label attaches a political leaning to the candidate in the writer’s own voice, pre-judging him.
A new report confirms the suspicion that a lefty “Republican” with the same name as the current Sen.
Used byPJ Media (Far Right)
Absolutist framing
The intention seemed obviousMore neutral: The apparent intention was
Presents a contested motive as obvious rather than as what the reporting alleges.
The intention seemed obvious: The false Sullivan is trying to siphon off some votes from the real…
Used byReason (Right)
Delegitimizing label
The false SullivanMore neutral: The second Dan Sullivan
Calls the candidate false, a judgement about his standing and intent that the reporting does not establish.
The intention seemed obvious: The false Sullivan is trying to siphon off some votes from the real Sullivan in hopes of benefiting…
Used byReason (Right)
Absolutist framing
credibly accusedMore neutral: accused
Treats an allegation as credible before the campaign’s denial is weighed.
Democrat Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign has been credibly accused of engaging in a scheme to unseat Alaska Sen.
Used byTheBlaze (Far Right)
Loaded verb
purportedly exposingMore neutral: reporting
Pairs a hedge with a verb that presents the report’s findings as revealed, so the sentence reads as both doubted and proven.
…campaign has denied allegations stemming from a detailed New York Times report purportedly exposing that her campaign staff and allied operatives spent months working to recruit a…
Used byOne America News (Far Right)
Loaded verb
claimingMore neutral: reporting
Suggests the report’s assertions are doubtful without giving evidence against them.
Alaska Senate race: Peltola’s campaign denies NYT report claiming her staff and allied operatives worked to recruit namesake spoiler candidate
Used byOne America News (Far Right)
Loaded verb
trick Alaskan votersMore neutral: to get voters to pick the other candidate
“Trick” asserts an intent to deceive that the reported evidence does not establish.
…point coming from The New York Times story about the elaborate scheme to trick Alaskan voters into voting for the wrong Dan Sullivan.
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
Loaded modifier
fake MAGA partyMore neutral: a party presented as MAGA-aligned
Labels a possible party as fake and MAGA-linked, a judgement the excerpt hedges only with ‘possibly’.
…well, along with a lengthy communications stream about also possibly funding a fake MAGA party to further split support.
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
Sensational language
shambolicMore neutral: disorganized
Calls Alaska’s campaigns chaotic as a judgement, without evidence given in the excerpt.
With how shambolic Alaska runs its campaigns, this was the state to do it.
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
Loaded modifier
Fake Dan Sullivan StuntMore neutral: the second Dan Sullivan candidacy
“Fake” and “stunt” present the second candidacy as a deliberate trick before the coverage establishes intent.
CNN Panel Runs Spin on the Dems' Fake Dan Sullivan Stunt in Alaska.
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
Delegitimizing label
liberal mediaMore neutral: name the outlet
Dismisses reporting by presumed politics rather than by evidence.
Here’s a commandment everyone should learn, recite, and remember: the liberal media are wrong about everything.
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
Absolutist framing
wrong about everythingMore neutral: has been wrong on some stories
States as a universal rule that the media are wrong on every subject, which no evidence supports.
…everyone should learn, recite, and remember: the liberal media are wrong about everything.
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
Absolutist framing
everyone knowsMore neutral: a position the author believes is untrue
Presents as universally known that a media position is untrue, a contested claim presented as settled.
Anytime this industry takes a firm stand that everyone knows is facially untrue, they get a face-full of buckshot.
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
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face-full of buckshotMore neutral: were criticized sharply
A violent image used for criticism of coverage adds drama without adding fact.
…takes a firm stand that everyone knows is facially untrue, they get a face-full of buckshot.
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
Sensational language
damningMore neutral: detailed
Adds the author’s judgement of the story’s force without stating the evidence in the excerpt.
The New York Times ran a lengthy, damning story about the election games Democrats are playing in Alaska, using Decoy Dan…
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
Loaded modifier
Decoy Dan SullivanMore neutral: the other Dan Sullivan
A coined label that presumes the namesake candidate is a decoy, which is the point in dispute.
…damning story about the election games Democrats are playing in Alaska, using Decoy Dan Sullivan to siphon support from incumbent Republican Sen.
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
Loaded verb
seizes onMore neutral: responds to
Seizes on implies opportunism beyond reporting Trump’s demand.
Trump seizes on 'fake' Dan Sullivan report, calls for Peltola's removal from Alaska ballot
Used byThe Washington Times (Right)
Loaded verb
secretly recruitedMore neutral: recruited, according to the New York Times report
It states the New York Times allegation as established fact in the outlet’s own voice.
…attacks on Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola following a news report that her allies secretly recruited candidates to join the state’s US Senate race in order to dilute support for…
Used byBloomberg (Left)
Absolutist framing
almost certainly no coincidenceMore neutral: the article notes a second Dan Sullivan is now on the ballot
Presents a contested motive as settled without evidence in the text.
…to run against the incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan, and, in what is almost certainly no coincidence, there is another Dan Sullivan now on Alaska's 2026 midterm election…
Used byRedState (Far Right)
Loaded verb
Unleashes BroadsideMore neutral: calls for
Describes a verbal attack in combative terms beyond the reported demand.
Trump Unleashes Broadside at Peltola After NYTimes Spoiler Report
Used byRedState (Far Right)
Loaded verb
blastingMore neutral: criticizing
Blasting adds more drama than the reported criticism.
Republicans are blasting Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola (D) over reports her campaign recruited one of…
Used byThe Hill (Center)
Loaded verb
ripMore neutral: criticize
Rip adds more drama than reporting that Republicans criticized her.
Republicans rip Peltola over report her campaign recruited second Sullivan
Used byThe Hill (Center)
Loaded modifier
FakeMore neutral: second Dan Sullivan
Calls the named candidate fake in the outlet’s own voice, which states as fact a conclusion the reporting presents as an allegation.
Trump: Democrats' Fake Alaska Senate Candidate Scheme 'A Fraud on the American Public'
Used byBreitbart News (Far Right)
Loaded verb
was revealedMore neutral: was reported
Revealed presents the New York Times account as established fact, when the coverage attributes it to the paper’s reporting.
…Mary Peltola to drop out of the race and be criminally prosecuted after it was revealed that her allies were behind an effort to bring a candidate into the race that had…
Used byNew York Post (Right)
Absolutist framing
in a bid to confuse votersMore neutral: which Republicans have called a ploy to split votes
States a contested motive as settled fact in the outlet’s own voice.
…a second Dan Sullivan to run against Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan in a bid to confuse voters.
Used byPBS NewsHour (Center)
Loaded verb
trick votersMore neutral: recruit candidates to split votes
Ascribes deceptive intent to the recruitment in the outlet’s own voice.
Trying to trick voters isn’t nice.
Used bySlate (Far Left)
Loaded modifier
bandana-wearing gadflyMore neutral: candidate Gerald Heikes
Descriptive label that mocks a candidate’s appearance and pre-judges him, unrelated to the allegation.
Mary Peltola, a bandana-wearing gadfly named Gerald Heikes, and … another Dan Sullivan.
Used bySlate (Far Left)
Sensational language
bombshell orderMore neutral: order
Manufactures drama around a demand that the excerpt describes plainly.
The bombshell order follows a report by The New York Times that revealed Peltola’s campaign staff was…
Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)
Sensational language
Bonkers DemandMore neutral: Demand
Adjective that dismisses the demand in the outlet’s own voice rather than describing it.
Trump Makes Bonkers Demand in Revenge for Dem Election Stunt
Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)
Loaded modifier
RevengeMore neutral: after
Assigns a motive to Trump in the outlet’s own voice without a source for it.
Trump Makes Bonkers Demand in Revenge for Dem Election Stunt
Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)
Sensational language
Dem Election StuntMore neutral: Democratic recruitment effort
Calls the recruitment a stunt in the outlet’s own voice before the allegation is established.
Trump Makes Bonkers Demand in Revenge for Dem Election Stunt
Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)
Sensational language
FiascoMore neutral: controversy
Dismisses the controversy in the outlet’s own voice as a failure before its facts are settled.
Early Voting in Alaska on Pace to Hit Record Amid Two Dan Sullivans Fiasco
Used byNewsweek (Center)
Sensational language
YikesMore neutral: Peltola responds to NYT report
An exclamation that adds mockery rather than reporting facts.
Yikes: Peltola Makes Things Worse for Herself With Tone-Deaf Response to NYT's Decoy Dan…
Used byRedState (Far Right)
Loaded modifier
Tone-DeafMore neutral: response
Judges the response as insensitive without quoting a reaction to support that judgement.
Yikes: Peltola Makes Things Worse for Herself With Tone-Deaf Response to NYT's Decoy Dan Revelations
Used byRedState (Far Right)
Loaded verb
shrugs offMore neutral: comments on
Suggests the strategist dismissed the matter carelessly, a judgement about her attitude.
Dem strategist shrugs off Alaska ballot scandal on MS NOW, insists 'this stuff happens all the time'
Used byFox News (Far Right)
Loaded verb
Stacking BallotMore neutral: accused of recruiting a candidate
Asserts as fact that Democrats are stacking the ballot, which is the disputed claim.
Booker: Dems Stacking Ballot in Alaska with Fake Dan Sullivan 'Much Ado About Nothing'
Used byBreitbart News (Far Right)
Loaded modifier
Fake Dan SullivanMore neutral: a second Dan Sullivan
Calls the candidate fake before the facts are established; he is a candidate with the same name.
Booker: Dems Stacking Ballot in Alaska with Fake Dan Sullivan 'Much Ado About Nothing'
Used byBreitbart News (Far Right)
Sensational language
SkulduggeryMore neutral: the alleged recruitment
Describes the alleged recruitment as underhanded trickery before any finding.
Skulduggery in the Alaska Senate race is the latest example of double standards from a party…
Used byThe Free Press (Right)
Sensational language
brazen election meddlingMore neutral: an alleged effort to recruit a second candidate
Calls an alleged effort brazen meddling as if it were proven.
…will learn whether they meant any of it based on how they respond to brazen election meddling by one of their own.
Used byThe Free Press (Right)
Loaded verb
Subvert DemocracyMore neutral: accused of a ballot scheme
Accuses the party of undermining democracy as settled fact, in the outlet’s own voice.
Democrats Subvert Democracy to Save It
Used byThe Free Press (Right)
Loaded verb
brandsMore neutral: says
Uses a label-giving verb where neutral reporting would say he called it something.
Sen Dan Sullivan brands Peltola’s alleged ballot scheme a ‘scandal at the highest order’
Used byFox News (Far Right)
Loaded verb
eruptsMore neutral: responds
Describes the senator’s response as an explosion, which adds drama.
The 'real' Dan Sullivan erupts at 'secret scheme to trick' voters in his Alaska Senate race as Trump blasts alleged…
Used byDaily Mail (Right)
Loaded verb
blastsMore neutral: says
Describes Trump’s response in combative terms rather than neutrally.
…Sullivan erupts at 'secret scheme to trick' voters in his Alaska Senate race as Trump blasts alleged Democrat gambit as 'voter fraud at the highest level'
Used byDaily Mail (Right)
Loaded modifier
ballot hijinksMore neutral: alleged ballot effort
Calls alleged conduct playful mischief before any facts are established, which trivializes the allegations.
Alaskan ballot hijinks appear ‘criminal,’ Sen.
Used byNewsNation (Center)
Loaded verb
ManipulatedMore neutral: Recruited candidates for
“Manipulated” asserts improper intent and wrongdoing in the headline, beyond the investigation’s description of recruiting efforts.
A Plan for Two Dans: How Democrats Manipulated Alaska’s Ballot
Used byThe New York Times (Left)
Delegitimizing label
election-rigging shenanigansMore neutral: plan to recruit namesake candidates
Labels a reported candidate-recruitment plan as election rigging before any record shows vote fraud.
It was not a good day for Mary Peltola: the Democrats’ election-rigging shenanigans, which everyone has known about for months, were exposed.
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
Absolutist framing
everyone has known about for monthsMore neutral: had been reported earlier
Presents a contested claim as common knowledge.
…for Mary Peltola: the Democrats’ election-rigging shenanigans, which everyone has known about for months, were exposed.
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
Sensational language
Election AnticsMore neutral: recruitment effort
Calls a reported recruitment plan antics before its facts are established.
Mary Peltola's Reaction to the Dems' Alaska Election Antics Getting Exposed Says Everything
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
Loaded verb
Getting ExposedMore neutral: reported
Presents the report as proof that a plan was uncovered before the facts are established.
Mary Peltola's Reaction to the Dems' Alaska Election Antics Getting Exposed Says Everything
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
Sensational language
modified limited hangoutsMore neutral: changed its explanation
Uses an insider term implying concealment, which the article does not establish.
Talk about modified limited hangouts.
Used byHot Air (Far Right)
Loaded modifier
fake candidateMore neutral: candidate with the same name
Calls the namesake candidate fake before the facts of the recruitment are established.
…the electorate.” Her staff was just exposed for plotting an effort to recruit a fake candidate with the same name as her opponent with the sole purpose of misleading voters.
Used byHot Air (Far Right)
Loaded verb
exposed for lyingMore neutral: the report alleges
States as established that Peltola’s campaign lied, which the allegation in the report does not establish.
…And now that Peltola, her campaign, and Democrat leadership just got exposed for lying and misleading voters by recruiting another Dan Sullivan?
Used byHot Air (Far Right)
Dehumanizing label
two-faced, tree-hugging, leftist scoundrelMore neutral: Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola
The words are the writer’s own insult and assert a character judgement that the report does not establish.
Yes, YES!” So declares Mary Peltola, the two-faced, tree-hugging, leftist scoundrel running for Senate in Alaska.
Used byThe Daily Wire (Far Right)
Absolutist framing
indubitably, lied to and misledMore neutral: whom the report says were misled
The writer states as settled fact that voters were lied to, which the reporting presents only as an allegation.
She delivered this sermon to a crowd of Alaskans she has, indubitably, lied to and misled.
Used byThe Daily Wire (Far Right)
Sensational language
astonishing admissionMore neutral: report
The phrase presents a newspaper report as a dramatic confession rather than a reported allegation.
On Wednesday, The New York Times published an astonishing admission, one of the cycle’s biggest October surprises.
Used byThe Daily Wire (Far Right)
Loaded verb
rippedMore neutral: criticized
A strong verb of attack that presents the criticism as harsher than the statement of what the campaign did.
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York ripped Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign for recruiting candidates…
Used byWashington Examiner (Right)
Partisan shorthand
ballot stackingMore neutral: recruiting namesake candidates
Stacking presumes the ballot was manipulated before the facts are established, while the report describes recruiting namesake candidates.
New York Times report on Alaska ballot stacking ‘really devastating’: Byron York
Used byWashington Examiner (Right)
Loaded verb
tried to cheat Alaska votersMore neutral: is alleged to have misled Alaska voters
States as fact that the campaign intended to deceive voters, which the report alleges but has not established.
Yet apparently her campaign tried to cheat Alaska voters with one of the most absurd tricks in American political history.
Used byThe Daily Wire (Far Right)
Sensational language
most absurd tricksMore neutral: unusual campaign tactic
Adds ridicule instead of describing the reported tactic.
Yet apparently her campaign tried to cheat Alaska voters with one of the most absurd tricks in American political history.
Used byThe Daily Wire (Far Right)
Sensational language
insaneMore neutral: (omit) and quote the statement
Diagnoses the speaker instead of quoting them.
This is an insane story.
Used byThe Daily Wire (Far Right)
Sensational language
Gigantic coincidenceMore neutral: Unlikely coincidence
Uses sarcasm to imply intent before the facts are established.
Gigantic coincidence, right?
Used byThe Daily Wire (Far Right)
Sensational language
ShadyMore neutral: Namesake Candidate
Calls the recruitment shady before the facts are established.
The Shady Name Scheme Rocking A Crucial Senate Race
Used byThe Daily Wire (Far Right)
Vague attribution
critics sayMore neutral: that a named critic says was intended
It attributes the intent behind the effort to unnamed critics, so the claim cannot be checked against a named source.
…voters may have made their choices before learning of the reported effort that critics say was intended to create confusion with a same-name candidate.
Used byFox News (Far Right)
Loaded modifier
odious legislationMore neutral: legislation
The adjective pre-judges legislation the writer has not described in detail.
That’s why they like to move fast when they pass odious legislation before anyone can read it, usually in the middle of the night, the same time of…
Used byPJ Media (Far Right)
Sensational language
StenchMore neutral: Allegations
The word is a vivid image of smell used to suggest wrongdoing before the allegations are established.
Will the Stench of Alaska's Peltola Scandal Spread to Marc Elias?
Used byPJ Media (Far Right)
Loaded modifier
curiousMore neutral: unusual
Implies suspicion about the candidacy without stating a fact.
The developments in the Alaska scandal surrounding the curious Senate candidacy of Dan J.
Used byRedState (Far Right)
Sensational language
blockbusterMore neutral: major
Presents the report’s impact as a superlative rather than describing it.
It started with a blockbuster New York Times report.
Used byRedState (Far Right)
Loaded verb
DisappearedMore neutral: Is Dan J. Sullivan still in the race?
Scare quotes around a word meaning vanished imply concealment that the coverage has not established.
The Plot Thickens: Have the Democrats 'Disappeared' Decoy Dan J.
Used byRedState (Far Right)
Loaded modifier
Decoy Dan J. SullivanMore neutral: namesake candidate Dan J. Sullivan
Decoy asserts that the candidate’s purpose is to deceive voters, which is the point in dispute.
The Plot Thickens: Have the Democrats 'Disappeared' Decoy Dan J. Sullivan?
Used byRedState (Far Right)
Loaded verb
torpedoMore neutral: defeat
The verb asserts an intent to sabotage in the outlet’s own voice, beyond what the report states.
…second Dan Sullivan to the Alaska election ballot to confuse voters in an attempt to torpedo incumbent Republican Senator Dan S.
Used byBreitbart News (Far Right)
Loaded modifier
bad actorsMore neutral: people in the Alaska Democratic Party
The label pre-judges unnamed people as wrongdoers in the outlet’s own voice.
According to the latest reports, certain bad actors in the Alaska Democrat Party conspired to recruit another man named Dan Sullivan to…
Used byBreitbart News (Far Right)
Delegitimizing label
Democrat PartyMore neutral: Democratic Party
Deliberate misnaming used as a slight; the party's name is the Democratic Party.
According to the latest reports, certain bad actors in the Alaska Democrat Party conspired to recruit another man named Dan Sullivan to run for Senate so that he…
Used byBreitbart News (Far Right)
Loaded verb
conspiredMore neutral: worked together
The verb asserts a secret agreement in the outlet’s own voice that the reports describe only as allegations.
According to the latest reports, certain bad actors in the Alaska Democrat Party conspired to recruit another man named Dan Sullivan to run for Senate so that he could get his…
Used byBreitbart News (Far Right)
Loaded verb
BlastMore neutral: criticize
The headline uses a hostile verb in the outlet’s own voice where a plain verb reports the same criticism.
'The View' Hosts Blast Alaska Democrats' 'Shady Tactic' Putting a Second Dan Sullivan on the Ballot
Used byBreitbart News (Far Right)
Loaded modifier
mysteriousMore neutral: Democrat operative
Mysterious suggests concealment that the text does not establish.
A mysterious Democrat operative who has worked behind the scenes on a slew of campaigns is in the…
Used byDaily Mail (Right)
Absolutist framing
schemeMore neutral: alleged effort
The word presents an allegation of intent as an established plan, although Peltola denies knowledge of it.
Alaska Democrat Senate candidate Mary Peltola denied knowledge of a scheme to confuse voters and siphon away votes from incumbent Republican Senator Dan…
Used byThe Daily Wire (Far Right)
Loaded verb
siphon away votesMore neutral: draw votes away from
The phrase states a motive and effect as settled fact while the report is disputed.
…candidate Mary Peltola denied knowledge of a scheme to confuse voters and siphon away votes from incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan.
Used byThe Daily Wire (Far Right)
Loaded verb
ScramblesMore neutral: responds to
The verb suggests panic, while the body reports Peltola denying knowledge of the effort.
Alaska’s Mary Peltola Scrambles After Bombshell Report Exposes Democrat ‘Decoy Dan’ Scheme
Used byThe Daily Wire (Far Right)
Partisan shorthand
Decoy DanMore neutral: the second Dan Sullivan
The label was coined by Republicans and assumes the candidate was placed as a decoy; the outlet uses it in its own voice.
Alaska’s Mary Peltola Scrambles After Bombshell Report Exposes Democrat ‘Decoy Dan’ Scheme
Used byThe Daily Wire (Far Right)
Loaded modifier
voting schemeMore neutral: effort to add a second candidate with the same name
The label calls the conduct a scheme in the outlet’s own voice before intent is established.
Alaska Democrats’ voting scheme shows they think voters are ‘stupid’: Salena Zito
Used byWashington Examiner (Right)
Words quoted from someone else (17)Hide the quoted words
Loaded words that outlets reported someone else saying. They show what was said, not how the outlet chose to say it.
Partisan shorthand
QuotedDecoy DanMore neutral: Dan J. Sullivan
A nickname coined by one side of the dispute that presumes the candidate is a plant.
Republicans complain the doppelganger is a liberal plant and have dubbed him 'Decoy Dan' – and a bombshell report from The New York Times now revealed that the allegations…
Quoted byDaily Mail (Right)Washington Examiner (Right)
These are Republicans and Dan Sullivan’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
Delegitimizing label
QuotedA FRAUD ON THE AMERICAN PUBLICMore neutral: a claim of fraud
Asserts fraud as fact before any finding; it is Trump’s own wording, quoted.
‘A FRAUD ON THE AMERICAN PUBLIC,’ the president wrote after The New York Times reported that Democrats…
Quoted byThe Independent (Left)Breitbart News (Far Right)
These are Donald Trump’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
Delegitimizing label
Quotedvoter fraud at the highest levelMore neutral: a serious election allegation
Labels the alleged recruitment as fraud, a crime, before any finding; it is Trump’s own claim.
Trump calls alleged Alaska Senate spoiler scheme 'voter fraud at the highest level'
Quoted byThe Hill (Center)Daily Mail (Right)
These are Donald Trump’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
Partisan shorthand
Quoteda ploy by DemocratsMore neutral: an effort that Republicans say aims to split votes
Describes the purpose of the candidacy as a settled conclusion, which Republicans assert and the reporting does not establish.
…in south-eastern Alaska with scant political experience – calling the newcomer a ploy by Democrats to cost the incumbent re-election by splitting his supporters.
Quoted byThe Guardian (Left)
These are Republicans’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
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Absolutist framing
Quotedillegally searched for, and recruitedMore neutral: searched for and recruited, according to the New York Times report
It presents a contested legal conclusion as settled, in Trump’s words.
“It has just been determined that the Democrats in Alaska illegally searched for, and recruited, a man named Dan Sullivan to run against our distinguished
Quoted byWashington Examiner (Right)
These are Donald Trump’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
Loaded verb
Quotedto defraud, confuse, and obfuscate the ElectionMore neutral: which he says would affect the election
It asserts a motive as fact, in Trump’s words, without a cited finding.
…our distinguished Republican Senator, Dan Sullivan, in order to defraud, confuse, and obfuscate the Election, thereby taking votes away from the REAL Senator, Dan Sullivan,”…
Quoted byWashington Examiner (Right)
These are Donald Trump’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
Delegitimizing label
QuotedELECTION FRAUDMore neutral: alleged election violation
Accusation of election fraud by Trump, quoted, that asserts a conclusion the reporting does not establish.
…perpetrating such a terrible scheme, should be allowed to run, because this is ELECTION FRAUD,” Trump posted on his Truth Social page.
Quoted byHuffPost (Far Left)
These are Donald Trump’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
Delegitimizing label
QuotedperjuryMore neutral: alleged false statements
Legal accusation by Trump, quoted, that the reporting does not establish.
That’s perjury.
Quoted byHuffPost (Far Left)
These are Donald Trump’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
Sensational language
Quotedvoter fraud at the highest levelMore neutral: Trump said it was voter fraud
Presents a broad fraud claim as established without evidence in the supplied text.
…to reporters on Wednesday as he prepared to fly to Ohio, called it "voter fraud at the highest level." "It turned out it was a scheme by the Democrats.
Quoted byPBS NewsHour (Center)
These are Donald Trump’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
Delegitimizing label
QuotedThey cheatMore neutral: Trump said Democrats had cheated
Accuses Democrats as a group of cheating without evidence in the supplied text.
That's what they do best: They cheat," Trump said.
Quoted byPBS NewsHour (Center)
These are Donald Trump’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
Delegitimizing label
Quotedrigged systemMore neutral: a system she criticizes
Accusation that a system is rigged, attributed to Peltola, without evidence in the excerpt.
…said the campaign is focused on lowering costs and fixing what Peltola calls a rigged system in Washington.
Quoted byThe Epoch Times (Far Right)
These are Mary Peltola’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
Absolutist framing
QuotedELECTION FRAUDMore neutral: alleged scheme
States an unproven accusation of fraud as established fact in the president’s words.
…perpetrating such a terrible scheme, should be allowed to run, because this is ELECTION FRAUD," the president wrote in one of several Truth Social posts about the issue.
Quoted byCBS News (Left)
These are Donald Trump’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
Sensational language
Quotedscandal at the highest orderMore neutral: serious allegation
Presents a strong accusation of scandal in the headline without a response.
Sen Dan Sullivan brands Peltola’s alleged ballot scheme a ‘scandal at the highest order’
Quoted byFox News (Far Right)
These are Dan Sullivan’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
Loaded verb
Quotedmislead votersMore neutral: affect voters’ choices
States an intent to deceive voters as fact, while the report describes only a recruiting effort.
“[The Peltola campaign] were thinking of everything they could to mislead voters into voting in such a way that would
Quoted byWashington Examiner (Right)
These are Byron York’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
Sensational language
Quotedreally devastatingMore neutral: significant
Puts a columnist’s judgement of the report’s impact into the headline.
New York Times report on Alaska ballot stacking ‘really devastating’: Byron York
Quoted byWashington Examiner (Right)
These are Byron York’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
Sensational language
Quotedcompletely shockingMore neutral: surprising
The adjectives add drama to an analyst’s reaction rather than describing the report’s content.
…of falls into the category of something that’s not that surprising, but also completely shocking, because this was a suspicion that a lot of Republicans had that the Democrats…
Quoted byWashington Examiner (Right)
These are Sarah Bedford’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
Loaded modifier
QuotedstupidMore neutral: removed; describe the column’s argument in plain words
The quoted insult is placed in the headline as a characterization of Democrats’ view of voters, which the column asserts rather than the reports establish.
Alaska Democrats’ voting scheme shows they think voters are ‘stupid’: Salena Zito
Quoted byWashington Examiner (Right)
These are Salena Zito’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
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Side by side
What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.
From the left
10 outlets · 2 opinionLeads with
- secret Democratic effort
- Trump’s demands for a ballot change
- recruitment of a second Dan Sullivan
Leaves out
- Peltola campaign’s denial
- Justice Department request to block certification
Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.
See the 12 headlines from the leftHide the headlines
- CBS NewsLeft
Peltola says she "knew nothing about" the other Dan Sullivan
"I am not interested in tricking voters," Democratic Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola said, after operatives were accused of recruiting a person with the same name as Sen. Dan Sullivan.
4 more from CBS News
- Accusations fly over 2 candidates named Dan Sullivan on Alaska ballot
- Trump says Peltola "shouldn't be allowed to run" due to second Dan Sullivan
- Breaking down the report alleging Mary Peltola's campaign recruited a second Dan Sullivan in Alaska
- Democrats pushed to get second Dan Sullivan on Alaska ballot with Peltola's help, NYT reports
Trump demands Alaska candidates be removed over alleged ballot scheme
A New York Times investigation links Democratic operatives to a namesake candidate in Alaska’s Senate race.
A Plan for Two Dans: How Democrats Loaded verb“Manipulated”“Manipulated” asserts improper intent and wrongdoing in the headline, beyond the investigation’s description of recruiting efforts.More neutral: Recruited candidates forDisagree with this highlight? Alaska’s Ballot
An investigation by The New York Times looked at how two people named Dan Sullivan ended up on the ballot for the Senate.
- NBC NewsLeft
Sensational language“Bombshell”Calls a single newspaper report a bombshell before its claims are tested.More neutral: New reportDisagree with this highlight? report rocks Alaska Senate race
A New York Times report said in a secret plot the campaign of Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola recruited a man with the same name as Republican Senator Dan Sullivan to get on the ballot in an attempt to sabotage the Republican’s chances of winning. …
1 more from NBC News
- BloombergLeft
Thomas: Alaska Controversy Could Shift Senate Race
John Thomas, Nestpoint managing director and veteran Republican pollster and Strategist, says the controversy surrounding another Dan Sullivan on Alaska's Senate ballot could materially affect a race within the margin of error by undermining voter trust. …
1 more from Bloomberg
- The Daily BeastFar Left
Trump Makes Sensational language“Bonkers Demand”Adjective that dismisses the demand in the outlet’s own voice rather than describing it.More neutral: DemandDisagree with this highlight? in Loaded modifier“Revenge”Assigns a motive to Trump in the outlet’s own voice without a source for it.More neutral: afterDisagree with this highlight? for Sensational language“Dem Election Stunt”Calls the recruitment a stunt in the outlet’s own voice before the allegation is established.More neutral: Democratic recruitment effortDisagree with this highlight?
Donald Trump is demanding that Alaska remove Democratic Senate hopeful Mary Peltola’s name from ballots. The bombshell order follows a report by The New York Times that revealed Peltola’s campaign staff was partly involved in recruiting a candidate with a similar name to her top …
- HuffPostFar Left
Trump Demands Mary Peltola Be Taken Off Alaska Senate Race Ballot After NYT Report
The New York Times reported that Peltola’s campaign recruited other candidates to run against GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan.
- ABC NewsLeft
Peltola campaign under fire after report it recruited 2nd Dan Sullivan in Senate race
Alaskans for Mary said it "has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign."
- The IndependentLeft
Trump demands Alaska ballot change after report on Dems recruiting Dan Sullivan to campaign
‘Delegitimizing label“A FRAUD ON THE AMERICAN PUBLIC”Asserts fraud as fact before any finding; it is Trump’s own wording, quoted.More neutral: a claim of fraudThese are Donald Trump’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?,’ the president wrote after The New York Times reported that Democrats spent months seeking to recruit a man named Dan Sullivan to challenge Republican Senator Dan S. Sullivan
- The GuardianLeft
Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign reportedly recruited second Dan Sullivan in Alaska Senate race
Republicans have condemned the presence of two Dan Sullivans on the ballot, calling it a ploy to split votes Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign was behind an effort to recruit a challenger with almost the exact same name as Republican US senator Dan Sullivan, both of whom …
Will Alaska Democrats’ Dirty Tricks Cost the Party a Senate Seat?
Trying to Loaded verb“trick voters”Ascribes deceptive intent to the recruitment in the outlet’s own voice.More neutral: recruit candidates to split votesDisagree with this highlight? isn’t nice. Getting caught trying to trick voters isn’t smart.
Democrats were reportedly behind the other Dan Sullivan. Here’s what it could mean
An October surprise has surfaced in a race that could well determine who wins the Senate majority in next week’s midterm elections. An investigation by the New York Times Loaded verb“confirms”Says the Times investigation proves the link, when the excerpt reports an investigation's findings that are still contested.More neutral: reportsDisagree with this highlight? something that’s been Vague attribution“widely suspected but never proven”Asserts a suspicion held by unnamed people as common knowledge without naming who holds it.More neutral: that has been alleged by some observersDisagree with this highlight?: that Democrats were behind a potential …
From the center
8 outletsLeads with
- Peltola’s denial
- DSCC officials’ alleged role
- text messages and sources
- DOJ bid to block certification
Leaves out
- Trump’s demands for a ballot change
- Republican condemnation of two Dan Sullivans
Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.
See the 9 headlines from the centerHide the headlines
- Scripps NewsCenter
Alaska governor orders investigation into ‘Dan Sullivan’ ballot controversy
A report alleging efforts to recruit a candidate who shares the same name as Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan has injected fresh controversy into one of the nation's most closely watched U.S. Senate races, where control of the chamber could ultimately be at stake. …
- NewsNationCenter
Alaska man says Democratic operative recruited him to run in Senate race
(NewsNation) — An Alaska insurance manager says a man with a spoofed phone number and only a first name tried to recruit him as an independent Senate candidate, promising backing from wealthy donors he never identified. Matthew Salisbury, a former Republican U.S. …
- NewsweekCenter
Before Alaska's Two Dan Sullivans, JFK Had Two Joe Russos
A dispute over two Dan Sullivans echoes JFK's 1946 congressional race, when two Joe Russos appeared on the ballot.
- The HillCenter
Trump calls alleged Alaska Senate spoiler scheme 'Delegitimizing label“voter fraud at the highest level”Labels the alleged recruitment as fraud, a crime, before any finding; it is Trump’s own claim.More neutral: a serious election allegationThese are Donald Trump’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?'
President Trump criticized Senate Democrats and former Rep. Mary Peltola’s (D-Alaska) campaign on Wednesday amid allegations that the two worked together to put a spoiler candidate on the ballot in an effort to boost their party in the Alaska Senate race. …
5 more from The Hill
- Murkowski calls for 'truth' from Peltola amid 'pattern of lies and coverups'
- Why the Peltola ‘spoiler’ controversy may be too late to shake up Alaska
- Republicans rip Peltola over report her campaign recruited second Sullivan
- Trump: Peltola should be removed from ballot following New York Times report
- Peltola denies NYT report her campaign recruited other Sullivan
Trump calls for prosecution of Alaska Senate candidate Peltola over Sullivan name controversy
President Donald Trump called for the criminal prosecution of the Democratic candidate running for Senate in Alaska on Wednesday after revelations that her campaign appeared to be involved in recruiting a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan.
- Financial TimesCenter
Trump calls for Alaska Democratic candidate to be banned from Senate race
Report alleges that Mary Peltola’s campaign recruited other contenders to mislead Republican opponent’s supporters
Report: Peltola campaign linked to effort to recruit second Dan Sullivan in Alaska Senate race
The Democratic campaign for Alaska's U.S. Senate seat was involved in efforts to place on the ballot a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan in a bid to confuse voters in a race that could determine which party controls the chamber, The New York Times …
- Straight Arrow NewsCenter
‘Do we have a scheme for you’: Democrats recruited a Loaded modifier“phony Republican”Calling the candidate phony is a judgement in the outlet’s own voice, while the reporting describes a candidate with the same name.More neutral: a candidate with the same name as the incumbentDisagree with this highlight?, report says
Democrats were behind the recruitment of a spoiler Senate candidate in Alaska, according to a New York Times report citing sources and text messages.
- CNBCCenter
Peltola campaign aides, DSCC officials helped recruit second Dan Sullivan in Alaska race: NYT
The DOJ wants a judge to temporarily block certification of the Alaska Senate election if incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan loses due to voter confusion.
From the right
14 outlets · 6 opinionLeads with
- Peltola allies’ role
- spoiler candidates
- Democratic rigging
- former aide Elisa Rios’ knowledge
Leaves out
- Peltola campaign’s denial
- Trump’s ballot demands
Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.
See the 24 headlines from the rightHide the headlines
- The Daily WireFar Right
Alaska’s Mary Peltola Loaded verb“Scrambles”The verb suggests panic, while the body reports Peltola denying knowledge of the effort.More neutral: responds toDisagree with this highlight? After Sensational language“Bombshell”The word signals drama about the Times report rather than describing its content.More neutral: New York Times reportDisagree with this highlight? Report Loaded verb“Exposes”The verb presents the report as proof of a scheme, although the allegation is disputed.More neutral: reports onDisagree with this highlight? Democrat ‘Partisan shorthand“Decoy Dan”The label was coined by Republicans and assumes the candidate was placed as a decoy; the outlet uses it in its own voice.More neutral: the second Dan SullivanDisagree with this highlight?’ Scheme
Alaska Democrat Senate candidate Mary Peltola denied knowledge of a Absolutist framing“scheme”The word presents an allegation of intent as an established plan, although Peltola denies knowledge of it.More neutral: alleged effortDisagree with this highlight? to confuse voters and Loaded verb“siphon away votes”The phrase states a motive and effect as settled fact while the report is disputed.More neutral: draw votes away fromDisagree with this highlight? from incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan. “I just want to clear the air,” Peltola said at a bar in Juneau Thursday night, according to local press. …
- Daily MailRight
Loaded verb“Revealed”Revealed presents an allegation as an established finding.More neutral: ReportDisagree with this highlight?: Democrat operative at the center of Alaska Senate race Sensational language“scandal”Scandal presumes wrongdoing that the coverage describes only as allegations.More neutral: allegations in the Alaska Senate raceDisagree with this highlight? amid claims he recruited second Dan Sullivan to spoil Republican chances
Eyebrows were raised earlier this year when another Dan Sullivan appeared on the ballot, seemingly plucked from obscurity.
2 more from Daily Mail
- The 'real' Dan Sullivan erupts at 'secret scheme to trick' voters in his Alaska Senate race as Trump blasts alleged Democrat gambit as 'voter fraud at the highest level'
- Democrats' secret sabotage plot to seize Alaska Senate seat exposed: Operatives hunted for another Dan Sullivan to trick voters and even plotted to create a MAGA party
- New York PostRight
Dem Mary Peltola doesn’t fully deny involvement in ‘Decoy Dan’ scheme to confuse Alaska voters
Alaska Senate hopeful Mary Peltola refrained from denying personal involvement in the effort to recruit another Dan Sullivan into the race — even as her campaign, which fired a lot of its original staff — distanced itself.
- Washington ExaminerRight
National Democrats leave Mary Peltola to fend for herself amid Alaska Senate scandal
National Democrats are largely staying silent as Mary Peltola faces mounting scrutiny over an alleged scheme by campaign and party operatives to confuse Alaskan voters with a second “decoy” Republican candidate named Dan Sullivan, leaving the Democratic Senate hopeful with few …
6 more from Washington Examiner
- Dan Sullivan releases first ad since Mary Peltola ‘Decoy Dan’ report
- Trump says Peltola and other Dan Sullivan should be thrown off the ballot after NYT report
- Mary Peltola and ‘Decoy Dan’ Sullivan face collusion accusations as DOJ investigates Alaska Senate campaign
- Alaska Democrats’ voting scheme shows they think voters are ‘stupid’: Salena ZitoOpinion
- New York Times ‘didn’t pull their punches’ on second Dan Sullivan allegations: Sarah BedfordOpinion
- New York Times report on Alaska ballot stacking ‘really devastating’: Byron YorkOpinion
- Fox NewsFar Right
Report on alleged ‘second Dan Sullivan’ effort emerges after nearly 1 in 10 Alaskans voted
The Alaska Division of Elections reported roughly 58,000 early ballots cast as Dan Sullivan faces a same-name independent challenger on the ballot.
- Fox NewsFar Right
Sen Dan Sullivan Loaded verb“brands”Uses a label-giving verb where neutral reporting would say he called it something.More neutral: saysDisagree with this highlight? Peltola’s alleged ballot scheme a ‘Sensational language“scandal at the highest order”Presents a strong accusation of scandal in the headline without a response.More neutral: serious allegationThese are Dan Sullivan’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?’
Sen. Dan Sullivan calls the alleged Alaska Senate ballot scheme a scandal, accusing Mary Peltola and the DSCC of a secret year-long plot to trick voters.
Also published by New York Post. It counts once.
- Breitbart NewsFar Right
Booker: Dems Loaded verb“Stacking Ballot”Asserts as fact that Democrats are stacking the ballot, which is the disputed claim.More neutral: accused of recruiting a candidateDisagree with this highlight? in Alaska with Loaded modifier“Fake Dan Sullivan”Calls the candidate fake before the facts are established; he is a candidate with the same name.More neutral: a second Dan SullivanDisagree with this highlight? 'Much Ado About Nothing'
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said that reporting that Democrats attempted to recruit a spoiler Dan Sullivan to try to take votes away from Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) “is much ado about nothing and
4 more from Breitbart News
- DOJ Intensifies ‘Aggressive Criminal Investigation’ into Alaska’s Second Dan Sullivan
- Trump: Democrats' Fake Alaska Senate Candidate Scheme 'A Fraud on the American Public'
- Report: Alaska Democrats Made Plan to Find Second Dan Sullivan Candidate
- 'The View' Hosts Blast Alaska Democrats' 'Shady Tactic' Putting a Second Dan Sullivan on the BallotOpinion
- Fox NewsFar Right
Dem strategist Loaded verb“shrugs off”Suggests the strategist dismissed the matter carelessly, a judgement about her attitude.More neutral: comments onDisagree with this highlight? Alaska ballot scandal on MS NOW, insists 'this stuff happens all the time'
Democratic Strategist Adrienne Elrod dismissed the Alaska ballot scandal, comparing it to Republican donors propping up RFK Jr. against Joe Biden in 2024.
Also published by New York Post. It counts once.
- The Epoch TimesFar Right
Trump Calls for Legal Action Against Peltola Campaign Over Alleged Name-Confusion Scheme in Alaska Senate Race
President Donald Trump is calling for legal action against Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola. What does a new report say, and how is the president responding? Ten people are charged in Florida after a major Sinaloa cartel bust. …
- The Washington TimesRight
Trump Loaded verb“seizes on”Seizes on implies opportunism beyond reporting Trump’s demand.More neutral: responds toDisagree with this highlight? 'fake' Dan Sullivan report, calls for Peltola's removal from Alaska ballot
President Trump on Wednesday demanded that Democrat Mary Peltola be removed from Alaska's ballot after a report that her allies recruited a man named Dan Sullivan to run in the state's Senate race against her and incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan.
1 more from The Washington Times
- One America NewsFar Right
Alaska Senate race: Peltola’s campaign denies NYT report Loaded verb“claiming”Suggests the report’s assertions are doubtful without giving evidence against them.More neutral: reportingDisagree with this highlight? her staff and allied operatives worked to recruit namesake spoiler candidate
Former Democrat U.S. Representative Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign has denied allegations stemming from a detailed New York Times report Loaded verb“purportedly exposing”Pairs a hedge with a verb that presents the report’s findings as revealed, so the sentence reads as both doubted and proven.More neutral: reportingDisagree with this highlight? that her campaign staff and allied operatives spent months working to recruit a namesake spoiler candidate in Alaska’s …
- TheBlazeFar Right
NY Times Loaded verb“exposes”Presents the Times’ report as having revealed a scheme, while the scheme is still alleged.More neutral: reportsDisagree with this highlight? Alaska Democrat's alleged hunt for another Dan Sullivan to run against Republican
Democrat Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign has been Absolutist framing“credibly accused”Treats an allegation as credible before the campaign’s denial is weighed.More neutral: accusedDisagree with this highlight? of engaging in a scheme to unseat Alaska Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R). …
- The Daily CallerFar Right
Secret Scheme To Loaded verb“Sabotage”Characterizes recruitment of candidates as sabotage before intent is established by the coverage.More neutral: to affect the raceDisagree with this highlight? GOP Senator Loaded verb“Revealed”Presents an allegation from a single report as proven fact.More neutral: ReportedDisagree with this highlight? After Democrat Denied Involvement: REPORT
Former Democratic Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola’s campaign reportedly Loaded verb“plotted to sabotage”Assigns a sabotage motive to the campaign, a characterization the report does not establish.More neutral: recruited candidates to run in the raceDisagree with this highlight? Republican Alaska Sen. Dan S. Sullivan’s reelection bid by recruiting a candidate with the same name, The New York Times reported Wednesday. …
- The Western JournalFar Right
Breaking: Absolutist framing“Evidence Indicates Democrats Intentionally”States as established that Democrats acted intentionally, while the description says the operatives only reportedly acted.More neutral: Reports Say Democratic Operatives RecruitedDisagree with this highlight? 'Stacked' the Ballot in Key Senate Race
Democratic operatives reportedly worked with Alaska Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Mary Peltola to recruit people named Dan Sullivan to “stack the ballot” and confuse voters wanting to vote for incumbent
1 more from The Western Journal
- The Daily SignalFar Right
Ex-Peltola Aide: Absolutist framing“She Knew”The headline states as settled fact an accusation that the campaign denies and that rests on one former aide's account.More neutral: Ex-Peltola aide says Peltola knew about recruiting the other Dan SullivanDisagree with this highlight? About Recruiting the ‘Other Dan Sullivan’
The campaign of Alaska Democrat Senate candidate Mary Peltola helped recruit Dan J. Sullivan to run in the hopes of drawing votes away from Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan in the Alaska Senate midterm election, the New York Times reports. …
- Just the NewsFar Right
Peltola campaign recruited 2nd Dan Sullivan Loaded verb“to spoil”Spoil assigns a purpose of sabotage that the reported facts do not state.More neutral: to draw votes fromDisagree with this highlight? Senate race: NYT
Elisa Rios, the former Peltola campaign manager, told the Times that the candidate was not personally involved, but was aware of her team's efforts to recruit a spoiler candidate.
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The Plot Thickens: Have the Democrats 'Loaded verb“Disappeared”Scare quotes around a word meaning vanished imply concealment that the coverage has not established.More neutral: Is Dan J. Sullivan still in the race?Disagree with this highlight?' Loaded modifier“Decoy Dan J. Sullivan”Decoy asserts that the candidate’s purpose is to deceive voters, which is the point in dispute.More neutral: namesake candidate Dan J. SullivanDisagree with this highlight??
The developments in the Alaska Sensational language“scandal”Calls the matter a scandal before any finding of wrongdoing.More neutral: controversyDisagree with this highlight? surrounding the curious Senate candidacy of Dan J. Sullivan have been fast and flowing this week, with each added layer making Democrat Senate nominee Mary Peltola, members of her campaign staff, and the Democrat Senatorial Campaign …
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- Yikes: Peltola Makes Things Worse for Herself With Tone-Deaf Response to NYT's Decoy Dan RevelationsOpinion
- Report: Mary Peltola's Alaska Ballot Scheme Just Got a Whole Lot More SeriousOpinion
- Trump Unleashes Broadside at Peltola After NYTimes Spoiler ReportOpinion
- Democrats' Secret Plan to Stack Alaska Senate Ballot With SpoilersOpinion
- Democrat Skullduggery in the Senate Showdown in The Last Frontier (Alaska)Opinion
- The Essex Files: Alaska’s Name Game Puts Senate Control at RiskOpinion
Will the Sensational language“Stench”The word is a vivid image of smell used to suggest wrongdoing before the allegations are established.More neutral: AllegationsDisagree with this highlight? of Alaska's Peltola Scandal Spread to Marc Elias?
Even in Alaska, cold as it gets, if you leave a fish out long enough, it starts to get rank. The same is true for leftists. Give them enough time and enough space, and they will eventually funk up the place, and it will be no secret where the stink is coming from.
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Peltola: My Fraud Is Merely a Distraction! Governor: Oh, Really?
Talk about modified limited hangouts. Here's Mary Peltola on the campaign trail this summer:
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Mary Peltola's Reaction to the Dems' Alaska Sensational language“Election Antics”Calls a reported recruitment plan antics before its facts are established.More neutral: recruitment effortDisagree with this highlight? Loaded verb“Getting Exposed”Presents the report as proof that a plan was uncovered before the facts are established.More neutral: reportedDisagree with this highlight? Says Everything
It was not a good day for Mary Peltola: the Democrats’ Delegitimizing label“election-rigging shenanigans”Labels a reported candidate-recruitment plan as election rigging before any record shows vote fraud.More neutral: plan to recruit namesake candidatesDisagree with this highlight?, which Absolutist framing“everyone has known about for months”Presents a contested claim as common knowledge.More neutral: had been reported earlierDisagree with this highlight?, were exposed. It’s nothing new, though that hardly counts as a defense. …
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- Democrats in Alaska Think Voters Are StupidOpinion
- Why This CNN Host Should Apologize to AG Todd Blanche Over the Alaska Senate RaceOpinion
- CNN Panel Runs Spin on the Dems' Fake Dan Sullivan Stunt in Alaska. The Narrative Was PredictableOpinion
- Did the NYTimes Just Say the Quiet Part Out Loud (Again) About Mary Peltola and Dan Sullivan?Opinion
Democrats Loaded verb“Subvert Democracy”Accuses the party of undermining democracy as settled fact, in the outlet’s own voice.More neutral: accused of a ballot schemeDisagree with this highlight? to Save It
Sensational language“Skulduggery”Describes the alleged recruitment as underhanded trickery before any finding.More neutral: the alleged recruitmentDisagree with this highlight? in the Alaska Senate race is the latest example of double standards from a party that claims to respect the sanctity of our elections.
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Absolutist framing“To Confuse Voters”States a contested motive as established fact, with no evidence of intent cited in the supplied text.More neutral: Mary Peltola’s Campaign Reportedly Recruited a Second Dan SullivanDisagree with this highlight?, Mary Peltola's Campaign Recruited a Second Dan Sullivan
Perceptive citizens of the great state of Alaska may have noticed that there are two Senate candidates on the ballot named Dan Sullivan: the incumbent, Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, and Dan J. Sullivan, a completely unknown person who is not actively campaigning for the seat. …
Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan slams Democratic rival Mary Peltola over alleged ballot scheme, calling it ‘scandal of the highest order’
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Dem strategist insists ‘Decoy Dan’ scheme ‘happens all the time’ as Mary Peltola faces heat for Alaska scandal
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- CNBCCenterOct 28, 1:38 PM EDT
- Washington ExaminerRightOct 28, 1:47 PM EDT
- The Daily CallerFar RightOct 28, 1:49 PM EDT
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