{"id":146583,"date":"2026-08-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/22\/shocking-fake-poll-firm-puts-industry-under-the-microscope-unfortunately-not-surprising-the-hill\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T10:00:00","slug":"shocking-fake-poll-firm-puts-industry-under-the-microscope-unfortunately-not-surprising-the-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/22\/shocking-fake-poll-firm-puts-industry-under-the-microscope-unfortunately-not-surprising-the-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Shocking\u2019 fake poll firm puts industry under the microscope: \u2018Unfortunately not surprising\u2019 &#8211; The Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxQcktkUjBuQXAwbUtsNWJBLVZOVGRBSXhDN29CWWJ6OUlRa1hBZWhIRnBnZXpCTHVhLXplOE5qRjJJa0R5enA2TFdiNUJJMUQ2cVNiUUU4c2dDa3lZYTVCM1l3LWlYY0pjbUg4WEVSd2FCalRIb1UwYkJmNXR0clVPZVRuTmV2dE1o0gGOAUFVX3lxTE5udDdUbi1ILXQ3Y3dCUUp2MHU2blFoZGtTVkp6SXo5cU82RVhWQlJuMjczMzRDSVdwUWtob3dOM3hoM1VSbFVHZy0wMUVPdG1VWl9rT3JoMzA5dDM2aS1GY1dRNElObUNzVzVpaG41cV9aQm9sVG80YXphVmRhZTBZMGMxMHBpRkN4Q2VaZGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Shocking\u2019 fake poll firm puts industry under the microscope: \u2018Unfortunately not surprising\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Hill<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxOc3gxLV8xMmlubFNlRDhLYm9XOW9RLWh2bF9IYkRiNEZNcDhQcHBrc2FRdHVWNXlIM2F6ci1ybk80TGNDTk1paDRkQk94Z3JSVVFWNVRvRVMxMWRtMEswQl91a1lKaUlPV1UycmQ5WGM4VURwRlpxZDhxSE5kbzh1WVN2OWt4dkZyZUstb2VzSQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Website behind widely shared fake election polls run by 21-year-old<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxPNzhiNmNIcDQ4RHNhOVBrZlc5OFJNWmhRdUpWUnJHZ1h1YXZnQ0tOYXdDTXh3Smg1cGxIeUxnbFQ2Nmk3VnRTSDJBVFdtaFc3dTJXdjMwd0I4RFNHdmd0WFQwc2dFLTJiWk84NTk1WGZNa0hteDlDLTV5QVVvRnBjRUtKMWpUNldzZVRfQTlLNWZ6dWw0VkFBaEt2TQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Fake Polls in Wisconsin and California Were Part of a \u2018Social Experiment\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxPZ3dmMHpsLUJZZTlYS3gxS3R6OTZhRXo2Q0JDeGNGdGU5MmF0cXFJcDg2bTBFMHFtTnNvdDBtWUROeDV2RFdkaHBvd3JMYi1PZXlpdmRQR3N6U25qVEFjdFR3OWc1dmlldVdweFk5Tml1TGw4MnRtd2pfaWlKb05iai1pdWs5M3lHb0pQX0t3LUFFalRIVVNTeDZSb19PdnZFdWxIU3c0TDVEVDB1b1oxUjh3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">A fake poll tested media and poll trackers. Here\u2019s who passed and failed.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxOZWNScGYtQVlVZWdGUXU5d3pOaEx5MWNJX0ZOZnZLblFHRWs5RTdwaGhRVGoxR3JHX2thd0pRN0lFaVl2MDhNZ29rZVh5a1dyelpaSDE1akxmcVFPVUhSZTFHR3lwNDNYbUc5dHBKUTA1OWxCaUprT3NiRXBUNnZYcUlCSXpzeXZKSUxkaWhDMzhPUDZ0MzQ2SW41Q01ZSG1BWkJpdEE1MmdSazVualNjX2hfTnN6d2lZRG1INERsSkl6TTBy?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Recent college graduate identified as creator of phony L.A. mayor\u2019s race poll<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Los Angeles Times<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Shocking\u2019 fake poll firm puts industry under the microscope: \u2018Unfortunately not surprising\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp;The Hill Website behind widely shared fake election polls run by 21-year-old&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian Fake&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/22\/shocking-fake-poll-firm-puts-industry-under-the-microscope-unfortunately-not-surprising-the-hill\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}