Fake Polls, Real Consequences | Wilmington News

Wilmington News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 27, 2026 · 1m

A rogue data wizard named Rahil Prakash cooked up fake Democratic primary polls that fooled the media and a candidate into making costly last-minute campaign moves—only for her to lose by less than one percent. He built a site called Median Strategies to spread these bogus results across key states, admitting he wanted to test how easily misinformation spreads when it looks legit. Though he’s legally untouchable under First Amendment protections (since lying alone isn’t illegal unless tied to financial gain), his stunt underscores how fast lies can go viral—and how little accountability…