A polling agency is knowingly pushing fake polls to direct public sentiment.
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Louder with CrowderAug 19, 2026
As of 2026-08-19, AP reported that Median Strategies, a previously unknown firm, admitted to the Los Angeles Times that its posted polls, including a California poll, were fabricated, so the core claim that a polling agency knowingly pushed fake polls is supported.
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What was said
… You could win more votes. Uh, we'll talk about that later. It's one thought, not saying I agree with it. I don't. Also, we're looking at some primary results today that are pretty funny. X is not real life. The Democrat Party, there's a polling agency out there right now that is knowingly pushing fake polls. You don't trust the polls because polls, for a long time, you know, they were meant to reflect public sentiment. Polls are now meant to direct public sentiment, and we are seeing it definitively by admission from one of these polling agencies, quoted or cited by, uh, by Miss Bath, Mrs. Bath, the California broad. Also, um, I don't know how there's a whole drag show out there right now about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and it shows you exactly what the left wants, what they like seeing the …
Louder with Crowder · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. AP reports that Median Strategies admitted the purported poll results it posted, including a California poll cited by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, were fake.[1]
Supports. The Median Strategies statement described the effort as a 'short-term social experiment' about how unverified polling could spread, and the post offered no explanation of who was behind it or its purpose.[1]
Supports. Wedgewood Polls, a separate firm, admitted in October 2026 that its polls were fabricated, describing its work as a 'social experiment' and saying it showed how a fabricated polling firm could sway public opinion.[2][3][4]
Context. The 'purpose' element is only partly documented: Median's stated aim was to test how fake polls spread, not explicitly to steer sentiment, so the 'to direct public sentiment' wording rests on inference from the experiment framing.[1][3]
Context. Wedgewood's admission and coverage postdate the 2026-08-19 check date, so they corroborate the pattern but do not themselves establish the claim as of that date.[4][5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 2 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1What to know about Median Strategies' fake election polls ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2From confession to conspiracy: How the Wedgewood fake polls story spreadcip.uw.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3How a fake pollster may have moved some 2026 electionspolitico.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 4Group admits faking polls cited by major news media outletsrmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Discovery of new fake polls puts a spotlight on trust in surveysnytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
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Related claims
- Pollsters have fraudulently given false polls in past elections.True
- Median Strategies fabricated polls as a social experiment to examine how polling information enters the political information ecosystem.True
- Wedgwood Polling admits that they deliberately falsify poll results to boost far-left Democrats.Mixed
- Two polling organizations, Wedgwood and SoCal Strategies, have been exposed for fraudulent numbers in the last 10 days.True