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Ohio race takes ugly turn with ad featuring Amy Acton's mother

Democrat Amy Acton's estranged mother calls her a liar in a new GOP ad. Acton's brother says the ad marks a "despicable low" and says their stepfather sexually abused Acton when she was a child.

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What the coverage shows

All three outlets focus on the same basic setup: an Ohio governor’s race ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother calling her a liar. NBC News is the only one to foreground Acton’s condemnation of the ad, while The New York Times emphasizes the ad as part of an increasingly ugly race and adds that the two have not spoken since a family dispute described in its extract. The Hill’s two items are closest to a straight description of the video, with one also noting Acton’s brother’s reaction.

Written by Crossfiled from the 7 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.

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