Alaska democrats recruited second Dan Sullivan for Senate race

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Alaska democrats recruited second Dan Sullivan for Senate race

Oct 28, 2 PM ET to Oct 28, 7 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

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Oct 28, 2 PM ETfirst on a front page: CNBC
Oct 28, 2 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
Oct 28, 7 PM ETpeak: on 30 front pages

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“Dan Sullivan”3
“Decoy Dan”2
“Decoy Dans”1
“spoiler”1

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1 Google News

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✏️ 6 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

Breitbart (2 wordings): “Report: Alaska Democrats Made Plan to Find Second Dan Sullivan Candidate” → “…Mary Peltola Was Aware of Scheme to Draft Spoiler Candidate with Dan Sullivan’s Name”
CNBC (2 wordings): “Peltola campaign aides, DSCC officials helped recruit second Dan Sullivan in Alaska race: NYT” → “Alaska Senate: Peltola team, Democrats worked to recruit 2nd Sullivan, NYT reports”
CNN (2 wordings): “Democrats were reportedly behind the other Dan Sullivan. Here’s what it could mean” → “Democrats were reportedly behind the other Dan Sullivan. Here’s what it could mean An October surprise has surfaced in a Senate race that could well determine who wins a majority in next week’s midterm elections.”
Los Angeles Times (2 wordings): “Democrat’s campaign reportedly helped recruit second Dan Sullivan for Alaska Senate race” → “Mary Peltola’s campaign reportedly helped recruit second Dan Sullivan for Alaska Senate race”
New York Times (2 wordings): “Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Midterm Ballot With Another Dan Sullivan” → “A Ballot-Stacking Effort in Alaska”
The Gateway Pundit (2 wordings): “REVEALED: Democrat Operatives in Peltola Campaign Recruited Decoy Saboteur Dan Sullivan to Confuse Alaska Voters – Trump Responds” → “NEW: DOJ Launches Criminal Investigation Into Alaska Senate Decoy Candidate Daniel J. Sullivan Amid NYT Bombshell Revealing Peltola’s Camp Recruited the Saboteur”

Every outlet's first headline (30), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost Mary Peltola Campaign Staff Helped Recruit Candidates To Peel Votes From Dan Sullivan: Report Oct 28, 3 PM ET
ABC News Peltola campaign under fire after report it recruited 2nd Dan Sullivan in Senate race Oct 28, 6 PM ET
CNBC Peltola campaign aides, DSCC officials helped recruit second Dan Sullivan in Alaska race: NYT Oct 28, 2 PM ET
CNN Democrats were reportedly behind the other Dan Sullivan. Here’s what it could mean Oct 28, 4 PM ET
Los Angeles Times Democrat’s campaign reportedly helped recruit second Dan Sullivan for Alaska Senate race Oct 28, 3 PM ET
Mediaite Alaska Dems Spent Months to Find New Dan Sullivan to Derail Republican Foe: Explosive NYT Report Oct 28, 1 PM ET
New York Times Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Midterm Ballot With Another Dan Sullivan Oct 28, 12 PM ET
Yahoo News Alaska Democrats linked to secret effort to recruit 2nd Dan Sullivan to tip Senate race: Report Oct 28, 7 PM ET
Chicago Tribune Report: Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign involved in effort to recruit second Dan Sullivan for Alaska Senate race Oct 28, 4 PM ET
News Nation Peltola denies report her campaign worked to recruit another 'Dan Sullivan' Oct 28, 4 PM ET
Reason To Confuse Voters, Mary Peltola's Campaign Recruited a Second Dan Sullivan Oct 28, 4 PM ET
Reuters Democrats recruited spoilers in Alaska Senate race, NYT says Oct 28, 6 PM ET
Scripps News Report: Peltola linked to effort to recruit second Dan Sullivan in Senate race Oct 28, 5 PM ET
Just the News Peltola campaign hits back as NYT says she recruited 2nd 'Dan Sullivan' Oct 28, 4 PM ET
National Review Democrats’ Alaskan Dirty Trick Oct 27, 7 AM ET
The Epoch Times Peltola Campaign, Senate Democrats Deny Report That They Recruited Spoiler Candidates in Alaska Senate Race Oct 28, 7 PM ET
The Washington Times Peltola allies recruited spoiler candidates in Alaska Senate race: Report Oct 28, 2 PM ET
Washington Examiner Mary Peltola and ‘Decoy Dan’ Sullivan face collusion accusations as DOJ investigates Alaska Senate campaign Oct 28, 2 PM ET
Breitbart Report: Alaska Democrats Made Plan to Find Second Dan Sullivan Candidate Oct 28, 4 PM ET
Fox News Mary Peltola's campaign, Dems backed covert scheme to field spoiler candidates in Alaska Senate race: report Oct 28, 4 PM ET
New York Post Alaska’s bizarre Senate doppelganger marks a new low for Democratic dirty tricks Oct 28, 3 PM ET
Newsmax Report: Peltola Allies Sought 'Decoy Dans' to Hurt Sen. Sullivan Oct 28, 1 PM ET
OAN Alaska Senate race: Peltola’s campaign denies NYT report claiming her staff and allied operatives worked to recruit namesake spoiler candidate Oct 28, 4 PM ET
PJ Media Report: Democrat Campaign Recruited ‘Decoy Dan’ Sullivan to Run in Alaska Oct 28, 4 PM ET
Red State Democrats' Secret Plan to Stack Alaska Senate Ballot With Spoilers Oct 28, 1 PM ET
The Daily Signal Ex-Peltola Aide Alleges Candidate Knew About Recruiting the ‘Other Dan Sullivan’ Oct 28, 2 PM ET
The Gateway Pundit REVEALED: Democrat Operatives in Peltola Campaign Recruited Decoy Saboteur Dan Sullivan to Confuse Alaska Voters – Trump Responds Oct 28, 4 PM ET
The National Desk Democrats, Peltola campaign recruited Dan Sullivan to spoil Senate race for GOP: report Oct 28, 4 PM ET
The Post Millennial NY Times admits Dem operatives are behind effort to recruit ‘spoiler’ Alaska candidate with same name as GOP Sen Dan Sullivan Oct 28, 4 PM ET
The Washington Sun Democrats May Have Recruited Alaska’s Second Dan Sullivan, After All Oct 28, 1 PM ET

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what people online made of it

🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

🗣️ Names in it

AlaskaDan SullivanDemocratic PartyDSCCAlaska Democrats

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

the running story it belongs to

🧵 Alaska Senate race controversy

Alaska democrats recruited second Dan Sullivan for Senate race (this story)
Oct 28, 2 PM ET
Trump demands Peltola be removed from Alaska Senate race ballot
Oct 28, 6 PM ET

Alaska democrats recruited second Dan Sullivan for Senate race

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🧵 Alaska Senate race controversy