A fake poll tested media and poll trackers. Here’s who passed and failed.

Source: www.washingtonpost.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center · Published: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Median Strategies, a fake polling firm, claimed it was a “social experiment.” The fraudulent poll received some attention but was shunned by mainstream poll aggregators and exposed by a reporter.

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