Fabricated Angus Reid graphic circulates on Alberta referendum night
作者 Gwen Roley · 署名 AFP Canada全文約 1,964 字
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法新社 · 文章頁摘要Albertans voted decisively against a future binding referendum on separating from Canada, but on election night, separatist partisans shared a fake graphic that appeared to show exit poll data from Canadian company Angus Reid projecting secession would win by a large margin. The polling firm never published any data corresponding to the image, and its president called out the graphic as a fabrication.

"IF this is true this is AWESOME! HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!" said Alberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath in an October 19, 2026 post on X. The post incl...