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  • loaded language: 'Fake Data'
  • loaded language: '‘Social Experiment’'
  • loaded language: 'fake'
  • framing: The headline foregrounds the allegation that the polling firm released fake data, but the body attributes the conclusion to the group’s own revelation.

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Median Strategies Admits to Fabricating Poll Results in Wisconsin

Median Strategies has admitted that a poll indicating Francesca Hong's significant lead in the Wisconsin Democratic primary was not genuine. The firm stated that the false results were part of a 'social experiment.'

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Our neutral summary

Median Strategies has admitted that a poll indicating Francesca Hong's significant lead in the Wisconsin Democratic primary was not genuine. The firm stated that the false results were part of a 'social experiment.'

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Loaded-language score 20/100
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Inflammatory language 77/100
Sentiment -100/100

Loaded Language Removed

  • ✕ loaded language: 'Fake Data'
  • ✕ loaded language: '‘Social Experiment’'
  • ✕ loaded language: 'fake'
  • ✕ framing: The headline foregrounds the allegation that the polling firm released fake data, but the body attributes the conclusion to the group’s own revelation.

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Original Headline

Polling Firm Released Fake Data in Hong and Bass Races as a ‘Social Experiment’

Neutral Headline

Median Strategies Admits to Fabricating Poll Results in Wisconsin