Collins Accuses Schumer of Pushing Attack Ads in Tight Maine Senate Race
Fox News reported that Collins said Democrats are using a national strategy to distract voters from local issues, while its latest poll shows the race tied at 49%.
Fox News reported that Collins, whose Maine Senate race is the subject of the report, has accused Schumer of pushing attack ads filled with "outright lies." The accusation was made in a contest that Fox News described as tight.
According to Fox News, Collins said Democrats are using a national political strategy to distract voters from local issues. The headline of the Fox News report describes the ads as containing outright lies, a charge the summary does not elaborate on. The summary of the report available for this story does not say which advertisements Collins was referring to, what claims in them she considers false, or whether Schumer or his office has responded to the charge.
Fox News also reported on its latest poll, which shows the Maine Senate race tied at 49%. The summary does not state the poll's field dates, sample size, or margin of error.
The report frames the dispute as a clash between a national strategy and local concerns. Fox News reported Collins's view that the national framing draws voters' attention away from local issues, a point drawn from her remarks as summarized by the outlet. The summary does not describe which local issues Collins has in mind.
No other outlet's coverage of these statements was included in the materials for this story, so the account of Collins's accusation, her remarks on national strategy, and the poll figures rests on the Fox News report alone. The full text of the original Fox News report on Collins's accusations is the primary account of these statements.