Platner ex-girlfriend accuses NY Times of 'set up' |
Platner ex-girlfriend accuses NY Times of ‘set up’
An ex-girlfriend of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is expressing her frustration with The New York Times over the way it portrayed her and others’ experience dating the Democrat.
Lyndsey Fifield, who the Times quoted as part of a wide ranging story detailing allegations of “unsettling” behavior in Platner’s dating life, said she feels betrayed by the way the paper handled the information she gave them about her experience with the Senate hopeful.
“I bucked all advice from my friends (and resisted my conservative bias) and decided to fully trust the Times journalists,” Fifield wrote in a string of social media posts. “As they left my home they asked that I not talk to any other outlets and I insisted then and repeatedly over the following weeks that I would keep my word and only share this story with them.”
Other women interviewed for the story, headlined “Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling’ Behavior,” described Platner as “a fun and caring partner.”
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