NYT columnist says she 'deeply' regrets praising Senate hopeful after rape allegation

New York Times opinion columnist Michelle Goldberg says she "deeply" regrets an earlier column praising Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner , writing that a rape allegation against him led her to conclude he appears "significantly worse" than the online criticism she had previously dismissed. Goldberg, who profiled Platner favorably during his rise in Maine Democratic politics, revisited her assessment in a new column after Platner's former girlfriend accused him of rape , an allegation h