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Fake Polls and Political Spin | Venice Beach News
A fake poll claiming Mayor Karen Bass led Councilmember Nithya Raman by 12 points in a runoff election was exposed as a “social experiment” by the firm Median Strategies, which admitted to fabricating survey data and even included a misleading margin of error. The poll, which claimed to survey 500 LA voters, was picked up by news outlets and shared by Bass’ campaign before being deleted — prompting her team to call for investigations into election manipulation. Raman’s camp accused Bass of failing to vet the source, while others, including City Controller Kenneth Mejia, labeled it a “push…
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