this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2025
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This is called push-polling. Where (as the name suggests) it's pushing a paid opinion designed to look like a poll/survey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_poll
Now if only we could see who was paying for it.
I wonder what our transparency laws are like for companies engaged in public manipulation.