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Polling firm closes after admitting fake election surveys
Published Tuesday, August 18, 2026 · Updated August 19
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What We Know — Key Points
Key points are extracted by an AI model and may contain errors or omissions. Always check the original sources.- Median Strategies, the company that released polls indicating Democratic Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles and Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong leading their rivals by wide margins, announced this week that the surveys were a hoax and that it has closed its doors.
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Single-Source Coverage
- Fox News
The article emphasizes the impact of the fake polls on the political information ecosystem and the broader criticism of public opinion polling.
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