Is Alaska’s 'spoiler candidate' strategy legal?

What the coverage shows

Both outlets frame the story around allegations that Democrats recruited a spoiler candidate in Alaska’s Senate race, and both center the question of whether that strategy is legal. NBC News adds a specific report about operatives aligned with former Rep. Mary Peltola recruiting Dan J. Sullivan, a detail not present in Reuters’ headline or extract. Reuters phrases the issue more as a disputed claim by Republicans and includes unrelated items in its extract.

Written by Crossfiled from the 1 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.