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Is it time to axe political polling? Firm collapses after admitting its numbers were a ‘social experiment’

Its other fabricated results, including one showing Francesca Hong with a large lead in Wisconsin's Democratic gubernatorial primary, were also revealed as part of the same operation. If fake numbers can so easily pass as legitimate and shape political reality, should public polling itself be banned?

Is it time to axe political polling? Firm collapses after admitting its numbers were a ‘social experiment’

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Its other fabricated results, including one showing Francesca Hong with a large lead in Wisconsin's Democratic gubernatorial primary, were also revealed as part of the same operation.

If fake numbers can so easily pass as legitimate and shape political reality, should public polling itself be banned?

Median Strategies, which presented itself as an independent polling and research firm, recently shut down after the Los Angeles Times exposed it for fabricating a survey showing a large lead for Karen Bass...

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Its other fabricated results, including one showing Francesca Hong with a large lead in Wisconsin's Democratic gubernatorial primary, were also revealed as part of the same operation. If fake numbers can so easily pass as legitimate and shape political reality, should public polling itself be banned? Median Strategies, which presented itself as an independent polling and research firm, recently shut down after the Los Angeles Times exposed it for fabricating a survey showing a large lead for Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayoral race.

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  • Median Strategies, which presented itself as an independent polling and research firm, recently shut down after the Los Angeles Times exposed it for fabricating a survey showing a large lead for Karen Bass...

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