Washington Post Politics
· Aug 20, 2026 3:00 PM EDT
Not market news
A fake poll tested media and poll trackers. Here’s who passed and failed.
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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