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Keeping an eye on Maine's senior senator and Maine politics since 2006. Send tips/thoughts to collinswatch [at] protonmail [dot] com

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    Collins Watch‏ @CollinsWatch Jan 1

    Collins Watch Retweeted Collins Watch

    Had a 17 minute call with reporter @EdMurphyPPH yesterday on his Coast Guard/Susan Collins story (https://www.pressherald.com/2018/12/28/maine-coast-guard-crews-among-those-working-without-pay/ …). He graciously answered all of my questions. #mepolitics 1/Xhttps://twitter.com/CollinsWatch/status/1079103015963881472 …

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    Collins Watch @CollinsWatch
    I called and emailed reporter @EdMurphyPPH to ask why his @PressHerald piece credits Collins w/ solving the Coast Guard payment issue while articles from NBC News, @starsandstripes, WaPo, ABC News & @dcexaminer all contradict this framing. Will update if I hear back. #mepolitics
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      2. Collins Watch‏ @CollinsWatch Jan 1

        Notably, Murphy said the piece *doesn't* try to credit Collins for the pay fix. When I drew his attn to the lede (below) he denied it implied causation, likening it to writing (my paraphrase) 'After I went outside, it started to rain.' That doesn't mean you caused the rain. 2/Xpic.twitter.com/0fU5yZHIUi

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      3. Collins Watch‏ @CollinsWatch Jan 1

        I told him that comparison struck me as tortured and that the lede clearly pushes the reader to infer a link between Collins action and the pay fix. Murphy stood his ground but conceded he could see how it could be read that way and expressed regret if folks saw it like that. 3/X

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      4. Collins Watch‏ @CollinsWatch Jan 1

        Murphy also noted that the Collins wrinkle was a late edit to an existing story on the Coast Guard issue. He said the changes were made on the phone w/his editor from home (i.e. not ideal circumstances). Did he contact the CG or White House to verify Collins account? No & no. 4/X

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      5. Collins Watch‏ @CollinsWatch Jan 1

        My view: The story's ratification of a false narrative seems the result of carelessness & maybe kneejerk deference rather than something nefarious. But...that's all it takes! Media mythmaking re: Collins not (mostly) about malevolence. It's about sloppiness/submissiveness. 5/5

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      1. BaccaRat Fink  🦅‏ @herouana Jan 1
        Replying to @CollinsWatch @EdMurphyPPH

        And she will be touting it in campaign ads and quoting the lede from the paper as proof. Well good work, it’s a shame there will be no correction issued.

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      1. Ben_Franklin‏ @_Ben_Franklin1 Jan 1
        Replying to @CollinsWatch @EdMurphyPPH

        Will this be a thread?

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