New England Sports Network removed Graham Platner’s 15-second ad midway through Red Sox game last week

Maine Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner criticizes private equity firms for running the Red Sox into the ground.

New England Sports Network removed Graham Platner’s 15-second ad midway through Red Sox game last week

The Democratic U.S. Senate candidate ran afoul of the MLB team and its broadcaster.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Graham Platner, Maine’s presumptive Democratic Senate nominee, began Memorial Day weekend by releasing an ad on the cable station that airs Boston Red Sox…

The Maine Senate candidate spent Memorial Day turning a 15-second cable buy into a populist media story as NESN pulled his ad.