Breitbart81%

Graham Platner Ex-Girlfriend Claims He Pulled Condoms Off During Sex 67%

By Paul Bois56%

7/7/2026, 8:59:57 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 23 faulty reasoning types, including Ad Hominem, Appeal to Emotion, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 27% saturation with 124 hits. Analysis detected 1,060 faulty-reasoning hits from 459 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 60.2% and a BS Rank of 67% (7,413 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 66.10% of the article peer group.

An ex-girlfriend of Maine U.S. 
Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) has claimed he would pull condoms off during sex, otherwise known as “stealthing.” 
Speaking to The Washington Post, conservative commentator Lyndsey Fifield, who dated Platner between 2013-2014 and who previously accused him of physical abuse, said that he would pull condoms off during sex, after she specifically told him she was not on birth control. 
The Platner campaign denied the allegations, calling them “categorically false and politically motivated” while adding that Fifield supported Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation. 
Kavanaugh had been accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, whose testimony has come under scrutiny in recent years. 
“He would pull condoms off,” she said. 
“He would do it in a sneaky way. 
He wouldn’t tell me.” 
The outlet noted that Fifield initially spoke of the “alleged condom removal during a June 20 interview that was off the record.” 
She said she decided to speak publicly about it Tuesday in part because, she said, she wanted to show that Racicot was not alone in experiencing issues with Platner involving sexual consent. 
Removing a condom during sex without consent, known as “stealthing,” is classified as a form of sexual assault in several countries, including Britain, Canada and parts of Australia. 
In the United States, Maine, California and Washington state have laws that address the nonconsensual removal of condoms during sex. 
The alleged incidents involving Platner took place in D.C., Fifield said.. 
Fifield claimed that Platner removed condoms an estimated six times during sexual intercourse, and when she confronted him about it, he would often laugh the situation off. 
“I confronted him both during and after [sex] because he knew that I was not on birth control and how dangerous that was,” she said one interview. 
“He would act like cute about it, like ‘Oh sneaky me,'” she said in another. 
Fifield also revealed this information to the New York Times in a previous off-the-record interview, adding that she did not wish to go public at the time for fear of embarrassment about her private life. 
At least one close friend of Fifield, Emily Zanotti, confirmed that she shared this information with her after the relationship with Platner ended. 
Fifield's allegation comes after Jenny Racicot accused Platner on Monday of sexually assaulting her in 2021, prompting scores of Democrats to call for him to withdraw from the race to unseat Republican Maine Senator Susan Collins, including Sen. 
Bernie Sanders (I-VT), his most loyal advocate. 
While Sen. 
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has called for him to withdraw, she was confronted on CNBC for having previously referred to him as “my kinda man” despite him having a confirmed Nazi chest tattoo. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 12.0%Paul Bois: 3.8%Breitbart: 4.5%Confirmation Bias12.0%This article: 4.4%Paul Bois: 0.5%Breitbart: 0.6%Anchoring Bias4.4%This article: 10.5%Paul Bois: 3.0%Breitbart: 3.9%Availability Heuristic10.5%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.3%Breitbart: 0.9%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.4%Breitbart: 0.7%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.5%Breitbart: 3.3%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 6.1%Paul Bois: 9.9%Breitbart: 11.9%Framing Effect6.1%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.0%Breitbart: 0.3%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.3%Breitbart: 0.5%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.0%Breitbart: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.4%Breitbart: 3.6%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.1%Breitbart: 1.7%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 27.0%Paul Bois: 7.9%Breitbart: 9.7%Negativity Bias27.0%This article: 7.6%Paul Bois: 2.7%Breitbart: 2.5%Self-Serving Bias7.6%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.3%Breitbart: 1.3%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.0%Breitbart: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 2.4%Breitbart: 4.7%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.3%Breitbart: 2.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 1.5%Paul Bois: 0.9%Breitbart: 3.1%Halo Effect1.5%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.0%Breitbart: 0.4%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.0%Breitbart: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 13.1%Paul Bois: 2.4%Breitbart: 1.8%Recency Bias13.1%This article: 7.6%Paul Bois: 1.7%Breitbart: 0.6%Primacy Effect7.6%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.0%Breitbart: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 23.3%Paul Bois: 2.9%Breitbart: 2.9%Ad Hominem23.3%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 1.1%Breitbart: 1.4%Straw Man0.0%This article: 10.5%Paul Bois: 3.5%Breitbart: 4.2%Appeal to Authority10.5%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.9%Breitbart: 2.5%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.6%Breitbart: 1.3%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.0%Breitbart: 0.3%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 4.1%Breitbart: 7.9%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 4.4%Paul Bois: 2.0%Breitbart: 0.6%Red Herring4.4%This article: 13.3%Paul Bois: 4.0%Breitbart: 1.2%Bandwagon13.3%This article: 19.6%Paul Bois: 6.1%Breitbart: 8.8%Appeal to Emotion19.6%This article: 5.9%Paul Bois: 2.3%Breitbart: 1.8%Begging the Question5.9%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 3.4%Breitbart: 3.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.3%Breitbart: 0.3%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.5%Breitbart: 1.0%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.6%Breitbart: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.0%Breitbart: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 10.7%Paul Bois: 6.6%Breitbart: 2.5%Anecdotal10.7%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.0%Breitbart: 0.2%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 9.8%Paul Bois: 1.1%Breitbart: 2.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)9.8%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.0%Breitbart: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.0%Breitbart: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.0%Breitbart: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.0%Breitbart: 0.3%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 9.2%Paul Bois: 0.6%Breitbart: 0.4%Genetic Fallacy9.2%This article: 6.5%Paul Bois: 2.9%Breitbart: 2.8%Unattributed Quote6.5%This article: 2.2%Paul Bois: 3.3%Breitbart: 2.1%Quote-first Misdirection2.2%This article: 1.5%Paul Bois: 6.3%Breitbart: 7.8%Biased Writer Voice1.5%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 1.0%Breitbart: 1.9%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 15.3%Paul Bois: 2.9%Breitbart: 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias15.3%This article: 9.2%Paul Bois: 2.3%Breitbart: 7.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias9.2%This article: 0.0%Paul Bois: 0.3%Breitbart: 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

459 words analyzed.

Speakers

5speakers62%attributed speech173writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 0.0% coverageLyndsey Fifield • 42 words • 100.0% coveragePlatner campaign • 26 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 0.0% coverageLyndsey Fifield • 7 words • 100.0% coverageLyndsey Fifield • 8 words • 0.0% coverageLyndsey Fifield • 4 words • 0.0% coverageThe Washington Post • 22 words • 0.0% coverageLyndsey Fifield • 32 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 28 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 0.0% coverageLyndsey Fifield • 11 words • 0.0% coverageLyndsey Fifield • 27 words • 0.0% coverageLyndsey Fifield • 27 words • 0.0% coverageLyndsey Fifield • 15 words • 0.0% coverageLyndsey Fifield • 35 words • 0.0% coverageEmily Zanotti • 23 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 38 words • 100.0% coverageBernie Sanders (I-VT) • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 32 words • 100.0% coverage
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Emily Zanotti

100%flagged-word coverage
23 attributed words8.0% of attributed speech100% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Unattributed Quote+100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Emily Zanotti: 100.0%100.0%Politically Left Leaning B-40.5 ptsWriter: 40.5%Emily Zanotti: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-5.8 ptsWriter: 5.8%Emily Zanotti: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice-4.0 ptsWriter: 4.0%Emily Zanotti: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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