Mayor Bass Incidentally Promotes Fake Poll Showing Double-Digit Lead Over Nithya Raman

Mayor Karen Bass inadvertently promoted a fake poll indicating a double-digit lead over Nithya Raman in the Los Angeles mayoral race. The company responsible, Median Strategies, confirmed the poll was bogus and described the release as a social experiment. The initiative aimed to demonstrate how polling information spreads rapidly without proper verification. Median Strategies has since stopped the experiment after the fraudulent data was circulated, highlighting the ease with which unverified political information is disseminated.