{
  "id": 2020194,
  "title": "What to know about the fake election poll numbers shared and retracted by a mysterious company",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/what-to-know-about-the-fake-election-poll-numbers-shared-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T20:59:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-to-know-about-the-fake-election-poll-numbers-shared-and-retracted-by-a-mysterious-company"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Locked in a competitive reelection race, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declared on social media last week that a new poll was evidence that her campaign was \"gaining momentum.\"",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}