Platner’s ex-girlfriend says New York Times softened bombshell account about him Lyndsey Fifield, an ex-girlfriend of Maine Senate Democratic hopeful Graham Platner, has accused The New York Times of whitewashing her account of him. She stated that the newspaper’s reporting was a “gift” to Platner, implying it was less damaging than it could have been. Fifield pushed back on the Times for their coverage of her story.

• Lyndsey Fifield, ex-girlfriend of Graham Platner, criticized The New York Times.
• She claims the Times whitewashed her account of Platner.
• Fifield described the Times’ reporting as a “gift” to the Senate hopeful.