Median Strategies, an unknown polling organization, posted fake 2026 election poll results in August 2026 and later claimed the project was a social experiment to test how polling claims spread. Legal scholars noted the incident raises questions about election misinformation and polling credibility.
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Median Strategies, a previously unknown polling organization, posted fake election poll results this month and later said the project tested how polling claims could spread through politics without independent verification [pbs.org#1][dnevnik.bg#1]. AP reported that the fabricated results included at least three polls across three states. The organization admitted to the Los Angeles Times on Monda
Jonathan Turley, a George Washington University Law School professor, on Wednesday said the fake pollster that claimed Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) and former Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong (D) led in their respective races by wide margins "raises an interesting legal question." "The disclosure that Median Strategies released fake polling on major political...