ABC Finally Covers Platner’s ‘Firestorm of Controversy,’ Put Dems ‘In Quite a Bind’
Curtis Houck
June 5th, 2026 9:03 PM
Friday’s CBS Mornings was the first major broadcast network flagship newscast to mention the allegations laid out by ex-girlfriends of Maine Democrat senatorial candidate Graham Platner with nothing on ABC or NBC, and all three networks skipping it Thursday night. By Friday night, however, ABC’s World News Tonight covered the disturbing claims and the CBS Evening News led off with them.
This left NBC’s newscasts Today and Nightly News as still covering up any mention of this new series of claims that could derail their side’s attempts to take Congress in November.
Of course, none of them could bring up the fact that The New York Times – which published the long-rumored piece – engaged in a catch-and-kill operation against Lyndsey Fifield, the ex-girlfriend with the most graphic allegations the paper actually ran (while others she was made aware of by Times journalists were left out).
“Turning now to the closely watched Senate race that could decide control of the Senate. Growing questions about main Democratic candidate Graham Platner after reports of several women coming forward with disturbing allegations. Platner now responding,” said Saturday anchor Whit Johnson, filling in for David Muir.
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2026/06/05/abc-finally-covers-platners-firestorm-controversy-put-dems-quite
