{
  "id": 2235371,
  "title": "Website behind widely shared fake election polls run by 21-year-old",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/website-behind-widely-shared-fake-election-polls-run-by-21-year-old",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T21:33:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/20/fake-polling-website-median-strategies"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Exclusive: Rahil Prakash tells the Guardian: ‘I wanted to see if fake polls could penetrate the ecosystem that easily’ A 21-year-old recent college graduate was behind an anonymous website that put out widely shared fake election polling in Wisconsin, Nevada and California, the Guardian can reveal. The website, Median Strategies, abruptly shut down and withdrew its polling earlier this week…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}