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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Brendan Rascius

Polling firm shutters after admitting fake survey showing LA mayor leading rival by double digits was ‘experiment’

A polling firm has shuttered after acknowledging that it released a fabricated survey purporting to show Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass with a double-digit lead over her election rival.

The company, Median Strategies, posted a notice on its website saying it had “concluded its polling project” and that none of its surveys should be cited as “genuine polling data.”

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