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Viral social media posts said a California mayoral election update added about 24,000 votes and none went to candidate Spencer Pratt. A media outlet lag briefly showed candidates’ totals out of sync, but Pratt received votes in every update. Read the fact-check: www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
A data lag helped fuel the false claim that Spencer Pratt got zero of 24,000 votes - Poynter
A brief AP data lag caused some websites to display incomplete Los Angeles mayoral results, fueling viral misinformation
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