conv.

← The whole story
Politics

Part of Collins-Ossoff Senate Battle · 5 stories · since Oct 2 · newest 8h ago

Collins Super PAC's Attack Ads Target Wrong Portland by 3,000 Miles

Andy O'Brien highlights wastefulness and ignorance of Maine

2 Oct 12 · 2d ago · 20 articles · 31 posts · 104 comments · 6 sources · development 2 of 2

Political operative Andy O'Brien, who supports Jackson, expressed mockery at the error and criticized the super PAC's lack of knowledge about Maine while attacking what he called billionaire spending to 'buy Susan Collins the election.'

Andy O'Brien highlights wastefulness and ignorance of Maine
theintercept.com

“We have billionaries with no connection to Maine spending millions of dollars to buy Susan Collins the election, so it's pretty hilarious to see them throwing money at the wrong Portland.”

Andy O'Brien

Defending Main Street Republican super PACTroy JacksonTroy Jackson Democratic Maine Senate candidateSusan CollinsSusan Collins Incumbent Republican SenatorAndy O'Brien Political operative supporting Jackson

The whole story articlespostscomments the bright band is this development · numbered dots are the others · click one to jump

Peak 36 pieces in one hour at Oct 12, 2 PM; 167 pieces over 3 days (35 articles · 28 posts · 104 comments) Oct 11, 7 PM — 1 piece · 1 article — Mastodon 1Oct 11, 8 PM — quietOct 11, 9 PM — quietOct 11, 10 PM — quietOct 11, 11 PM — quietOct 12, 12 AM — quietOct 12, 1 AM — quietOct 12, 2 AM — quietOct 12, 3 AM — quietOct 12, 4 AM — quietOct 12, 5 AM — quietOct 12, 6 AM — quietOct 12, 7 AM — quietOct 12, 8 AM — quietOct 12, 9 AM — quietOct 12, 10 AM — quietOct 12, 11 AM — 11 pieces · 11 articles — Newswires 11Oct 12, 12 PM — 5 pieces · 1 article · 4 posts — Mastodon 2, Bluesky 1, Reddit 1, +1 moreOct 12, 1 PM — 15 pieces · 2 articles · 2 posts · 11 comments — Bluesky 13, Mastodon 2Oct 12, 2 PM — 36 pieces · 3 articles · 4 posts · 29 comments — Bluesky 29, Mastodon 3, Newswires 3, +1 moreOct 12, 3 PM — 28 pieces · 4 articles · 5 posts · 19 comments — Bluesky 19, Mastodon 3, Google News 2, +2 moreOct 12, 4 PM — 23 pieces · 5 articles · 1 post · 17 comments — Bluesky 17, Newswires 3, Google News 2, +1 moreOct 12, 5 PM — 13 pieces · 2 posts · 11 comments — Bluesky 11, Mastodon 1, Reddit 1Oct 12, 6 PM — 6 pieces · 1 post · 5 comments — Bluesky 5, Mastodon 1Oct 12, 7 PM — 8 pieces · 1 article · 2 posts · 5 comments — Bluesky 5, Mastodon 2, Newswires 1Oct 12, 8 PM — 1 piece · 1 comment — Bluesky 1Oct 12, 9 PM — 3 pieces · 3 comments — Bluesky 3Oct 12, 10 PM — quietOct 12, 11 PM — quietOct 13, 12 AM — quietOct 13, 1 AM — quietOct 13, 2 AM — quietOct 13, 3 AM — quietOct 13, 4 AM — quietOct 13, 5 AM — 1 piece · 1 comment — Bluesky 1Oct 13, 6 AM — quietOct 13, 7 AM — 1 piece · 1 post — Mastodon 1Oct 13, 8 AM — 4 pieces · 4 articles — Newswires 4Oct 13, 9 AM — 1 piece · 1 comment — Bluesky 1Oct 13, 10 AM — 3 pieces · 3 posts — Reddit 2, Mastodon 1Oct 13, 11 AM — quietOct 13, 12 PM — 2 pieces · 1 post · 1 comment — Bluesky 1, Mastodon 1Oct 13, 1 PM — quietOct 13, 2 PM — quietOct 13, 3 PM — 1 piece · 1 article — Newswires 1Oct 13, 4 PM — quietOct 13, 5 PM — quietOct 13, 6 PM — quietOct 13, 7 PM — quietOct 13, 8 PM — quietOct 13, 9 PM — 1 piece · 1 post — Mastodon 1Oct 13, 10 PM — quietOct 13, 11 PM — quietYesterday, 12 AM — quietYesterday, 1 AM — quietYesterday, 2 AM — quietYesterday, 3 AM — quietYesterday, 4 AM — quietYesterday, 5 AM — quietYesterday, 6 AM — quietYesterday, 7 AM — quietYesterday, 8 AM — quietYesterday, 9 AM — quietYesterday, 10 AM — quietYesterday, 11 AM — quietYesterday, 12 PM — quietYesterday, 1 PM — quietYesterday, 2 PM — quietYesterday, 3 PM — 2 pieces · 2 articles — Google News 2Yesterday, 4 PM — quietYesterday, 5 PM — quietYesterday, 6 PM — quietYesterday, 7 PM — quietYesterday, 8 PM — quietYesterday, 9 PM — 1 piece · 1 post — Mastodon 1Yesterday, 10 PM — quietYesterday, 11 PM — quietToday, 12 AM — quietToday, 1 AM — quietToday, 2 AM — quietToday, 3 AM — quietToday, 4 AM — quietToday, 5 AM — quiet 12
1Defending Main Street buys attack ads…2Andy O'Brien highlights wastefulness and…
Oct 12Oct 13yesterdaynow · 6:43 AM ET

Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 7 claims were published in its stretch

  1. 5 outlets Pro-Susan Collins PAC accidentally spends thousands attacking Troy Jackson in the wrong Portland

    first by Washington Examiner, 2d ago · also Newsweek, New Republic, Independent UK, NBC News

    5 more headlines
  2. 3 outlets Wrong Portland: Ad targeting opponent of Maine Sen. Susan Collins reportedly ran in Oregon

    first by KGW, 2d ago · also NYT, Snopes

    2 more headlines
  3. 3 outlets A super PAC trying to influence the Maine Senate election seems to have advertised to the wrong Portland

    first by Fast Company, 2d ago · also Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB, The Oregonian

    2 more headlines
  4. 3 outlets Pro-Collins ads target wrong Portland in GOP super PAC mix-up

    first by Yahoo News New Zealand, 14h ago · also The Intercept, The Hill

    1 more headline
  5. 3 outlets A political ad attacking Susan Collins’ opponent just aired in the wrong city: ‘I’m really upset’

    first by Cleveland.com, 1d ago · also PennLive, MassLive

  6. 2 outlets Anti-Troy Jackson Ad Runs in Oregon, Not Maine

    first by NYT Politics, 2d ago · also New York Times

What people said 24 voices · best of 119 · verbatim

All 2 developments of Collins Super PAC's Attack Ads Target Wrong Portland by… →

MastodonXNewswiresBlueskyRedditGoogle News