Pollsters Admit Faking Results Because Misinformation Is A ‘Social Experiment’

KEY POINTS

•Median Strategies, a previously unknown firm led by 21-year-old Rahil Prakash, faked polls in Wisconsin and Los Angeles this summer.
•False results showed Francesca Hong leading by 23 points and Karen Bass ahead by nearly 12, misleading voters and campaigns.
•The rise of AI-enabled misinformation now fuels deception across politics and business, with companies losing millions and bots dominating internet traffic.

Median Strategies, a ghostly pollster run by 21-year-old Rahil Prakash, dropped bogus surveys this summer claiming socialist Francesca Hong led Wisconsin by 23 points—she lost by 0.5%. Meanwhile, in LA, Mayor Karen Bass bragged about a fake 12-point lead over Nithya Raman and then deleted her humble brag. The 'short-term social experiment' excuse lands like an AI Biden voice robocall tricking New Hampshire voters and North Korean bots babysitting U.S. job apps. Oh, and Arup lost $25M to deepfake executives sending cash on their shopping spree. The internet now reads as chicken scratch by bots trying to baffle humans, ideal for scams, chaos, and fake cold waves in Alabama.

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

A 21-year-old lied so hard about polls it’s called a ‘social experiment’—meanwhile, bots deepfake CEOs and North Koreans pretend to work remote. Misinformation’s now cheaper than avocado toast and twice as unavoidable.

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

Congrats to Rahil Prakash for accidentally inventing democracy’s first AI-driven reality TV show starring confused politicians and robocalls from Biden's evil twin.

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

If you thought your political news was fake, remember: it was probably fabricated by a fake poll from a fake company run by a real 21-year-old existential crisis.

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