{
  "id": 1624629,
  "title": "Poll showing LA Mayor Karen Bass leading Nithya Raman by a wide margin was fake: company",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/poll-showing-la-mayor-karen-bass-leading-nithya-raman-by-a-wide",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T02:56:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6034431-bass-raman-fake-poll/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A poll released earlier this month claiming Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had a wide lead over Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman in the city's mayoral race was bogus, according to the company that released it. Median Strategies on Monday said in its announcement about the mayoral race poll that it has stopped...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Mayor Bass Incidentally Promotes Fake Poll Showing Double-Digit Lead Over Nithya Raman",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/mayor-bass-incidentally-promotes-fake-poll-showing-double-digit-lead",
        "published": "2026-08-17T23:24:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}