{"id":2511,"date":"2026-08-21T14:36:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511"},"modified":"2026-08-21T14:36:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:36:57","slug":"meet-the-fraud-pollster-who-boosted-socialist-with-fake-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Fraud Pollster Who Boosted Socialist With Fake Stats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>A 21-year-old has identified himself as the man behind the fake polling operation that presented itself as an independent polling firm before admitting its surveys were fabricated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2509\">Deadly Alaska Plane Crash Was Carrying Team On Vital Military Mission<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Rahil Prakash told the <\/span><span>Guardian<\/span><span> Thursday that he created Median Strategies by himself as a \u201csocial experiment\u201d to see whether fabricated polling could spread through the political media without being independently verified.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI wanted to see if fake polls could really penetrate the ecosystem that easily,\u201d Prakash said. \u201cAnd as it turned out, it could.\u201d The experiment, however, had already <\/span><span>produced real-world consequences<\/span><span> before Prakash revealed himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Median released fake polls showing Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass leading democratic socialist challenger Nithya Raman by 12 points. Bass subsequently touted the poll before deleting the post after the polling operation was exposed as fraudulent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The group also released a poll claiming socialist Francesca Hong was leading the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary by more than 20 points, as well as a survey showing Republican Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo leading his re-election race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Median abruptly withdrew all of its polling earlier this week, claiming it had been designed to examine how \u201cpurported polling information could enter and spread through the political information ecosystem without independent verification.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2508\">Trump Just Went After A Grocery Staple That\u2019s Been Hammering Americans<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Prakash told the Guardian that he was surprised by how quickly the polls spread. \u201cI did not expect the California political press to pick it up on their own,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Median initially presented itself as something entirely different from a prank or experiment. Before the operation was exposed, its website described Median as an \u201cindependent polling and research\u201d firm and promised to rebuild trust in polling. <\/span><span>The Guardian identified Prakash through domain registration records connected to the Median Strategies website. Prakash said he built the website using artificial intelligence and was the sole person behind the operation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Prakash was quick to acknowledge the negative influence the false numbers had on candidates, adding, \u201cI\u2019ll apologize straight out to the campaigns of Karen Bass, Nithya Raman and Francesca Hong for this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The American Association of Political Consultants has rejected the idea that publishing fabricated polling constitutes a legitimate \u201csocial experiment,\u201d calling it \u201ca deception directed at voters, at the press, and at the campaigns that rely on public data to make decisions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Prakash said his motivation came partly from frustration with polling errors in the Michigan Senate primary, where surveys had significantly overstated Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s eventual margin of victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2506\">NYT Ordered To Pay Millions To College Athlete In Defamation Judgement<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 21-year-old has identified himself as the man behind the fake polling operation that presented itself as an independent polling firm before admitting its surveys were fabricated.Rahil Prakash told the Guardian Thursday that he created Median Strategies by himself as a \u201csocial experiment\u201d to see whether fabricated polling could spread through the political media without being independently verified.\u201cI wanted to see if fake polls could really penetrate the ecosystem that easily,\u201d Prakash said. \u201cAnd as it turned out, it could.\u201d The experiment, however, had already produced real-world consequences before Prakash revealed himself.Median released fake polls showing Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass leading democratic socialist challenger Nithya Raman by 12 points. Bass subsequently touted the poll before deleting the post after the polling operation was exposed as fraudulent.The group also released a poll claiming socialist Francesca Hong was leading the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary by more than 20 points, as well as a survey showing Republican Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo leading his re-election race.Median abruptly withdrew all of its polling earlier this week, claiming it had been designed to examine how \u201cpurported polling information could enter and spread through the political information ecosystem without independent verification.\u201dPrakash told the Guardian that he was surprised by how quickly the polls spread. \u201cI did not expect the California political press to pick it up on their own,\u201d he said.Median initially presented itself as something entirely different from a prank or experiment. Before the operation was exposed, its website described Median as an \u201cindependent polling and research\u201d firm and promised to rebuild trust in polling. The Guardian identified Prakash through domain registration records connected to the Median Strategies website. Prakash said he built the website using artificial intelligence and was the sole person behind the operation.Prakash was quick to acknowledge the negative influence the false numbers had on candidates, adding, \u201cI\u2019ll apologize straight out to the campaigns of Karen Bass, Nithya Raman and Francesca Hong for this.\u201dThe American Association of Political Consultants has rejected the idea that publishing fabricated polling constitutes a legitimate \u201csocial experiment,\u201d calling it \u201ca deception directed at voters, at the press, and at the campaigns that rely on public data to make decisions.\u201dPrakash said his motivation came partly from frustration with polling errors in the Michigan Senate primary, where surveys had significantly overstated Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s eventual margin of victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet The Fraud Pollster Who Boosted Socialist With Fake Stats - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet The Fraud Pollster Who Boosted Socialist With Fake Stats - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A 21-year-old has identified himself as the man behind the fake polling operation that presented itself as an independent polling firm before admitting its surveys were fabricated.Rahil Prakash told the Guardian Thursday that he created Median Strategies by himself as a \u201csocial experiment\u201d to see whether fabricated polling could spread through the political media without being independently verified.\u201cI wanted to see if fake polls could really penetrate the ecosystem that easily,\u201d Prakash said. \u201cAnd as it turned out, it could.\u201d The experiment, however, had already produced real-world consequences before Prakash revealed himself.Median released fake polls showing Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass leading democratic socialist challenger Nithya Raman by 12 points. Bass subsequently touted the poll before deleting the post after the polling operation was exposed as fraudulent.The group also released a poll claiming socialist Francesca Hong was leading the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary by more than 20 points, as well as a survey showing Republican Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo leading his re-election race.Median abruptly withdrew all of its polling earlier this week, claiming it had been designed to examine how \u201cpurported polling information could enter and spread through the political information ecosystem without independent verification.\u201dPrakash told the Guardian that he was surprised by how quickly the polls spread. \u201cI did not expect the California political press to pick it up on their own,\u201d he said.Median initially presented itself as something entirely different from a prank or experiment. Before the operation was exposed, its website described Median as an \u201cindependent polling and research\u201d firm and promised to rebuild trust in polling. The Guardian identified Prakash through domain registration records connected to the Median Strategies website. Prakash said he built the website using artificial intelligence and was the sole person behind the operation.Prakash was quick to acknowledge the negative influence the false numbers had on candidates, adding, \u201cI\u2019ll apologize straight out to the campaigns of Karen Bass, Nithya Raman and Francesca Hong for this.\u201dThe American Association of Political Consultants has rejected the idea that publishing fabricated polling constitutes a legitimate \u201csocial experiment,\u201d calling it \u201ca deception directed at voters, at the press, and at the campaigns that rely on public data to make decisions.\u201dPrakash said his motivation came partly from frustration with polling errors in the Michigan Senate primary, where surveys had significantly overstated Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s eventual margin of victory.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-21T14:36:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=2511#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=2511\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19da116f8d79cf8987781569801c6b7c\"},\"headline\":\"Meet The Fraud Pollster Who Boosted Socialist With Fake Stats\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-21T14:36:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=2511\"},\"wordCount\":448,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=2511#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/3372b0346d6abd5b1145cde99b75219c.avif\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=2511#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=2511\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=2511\",\"name\":\"Meet The Fraud Pollster Who Boosted Socialist With Fake Stats - Blue Route Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=2511#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=2511#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/3372b0346d6abd5b1145cde99b75219c.avif\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-21T14:36:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19da116f8d79cf8987781569801c6b7c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=2511#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=2511\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=2511#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/3372b0346d6abd5b1145cde99b75219c.avif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/3372b0346d6abd5b1145cde99b75219c.avif\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=2511#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Meet The Fraud Pollster Who Boosted Socialist With Fake Stats\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Blue Route Journal\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19da116f8d79cf8987781569801c6b7c\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Meet The Fraud Pollster Who Boosted Socialist With Fake Stats - Blue Route Journal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Meet The Fraud Pollster Who Boosted Socialist With Fake Stats - Blue Route Journal","og_description":"A 21-year-old has identified himself as the man behind the fake polling operation that presented itself as an independent polling firm before admitting its surveys were fabricated.Rahil Prakash told the Guardian Thursday that he created Median Strategies by himself as a \u201csocial experiment\u201d to see whether fabricated polling could spread through the political media without being independently verified.\u201cI wanted to see if fake polls could really penetrate the ecosystem that easily,\u201d Prakash said. \u201cAnd as it turned out, it could.\u201d The experiment, however, had already produced real-world consequences before Prakash revealed himself.Median released fake polls showing Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass leading democratic socialist challenger Nithya Raman by 12 points. Bass subsequently touted the poll before deleting the post after the polling operation was exposed as fraudulent.The group also released a poll claiming socialist Francesca Hong was leading the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary by more than 20 points, as well as a survey showing Republican Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo leading his re-election race.Median abruptly withdrew all of its polling earlier this week, claiming it had been designed to examine how \u201cpurported polling information could enter and spread through the political information ecosystem without independent verification.\u201dPrakash told the Guardian that he was surprised by how quickly the polls spread. \u201cI did not expect the California political press to pick it up on their own,\u201d he said.Median initially presented itself as something entirely different from a prank or experiment. Before the operation was exposed, its website described Median as an \u201cindependent polling and research\u201d firm and promised to rebuild trust in polling. The Guardian identified Prakash through domain registration records connected to the Median Strategies website. Prakash said he built the website using artificial intelligence and was the sole person behind the operation.Prakash was quick to acknowledge the negative influence the false numbers had on candidates, adding, \u201cI\u2019ll apologize straight out to the campaigns of Karen Bass, Nithya Raman and Francesca Hong for this.\u201dThe American Association of Political Consultants has rejected the idea that publishing fabricated polling constitutes a legitimate \u201csocial experiment,\u201d calling it \u201ca deception directed at voters, at the press, and at the campaigns that rely on public data to make decisions.\u201dPrakash said his motivation came partly from frustration with polling errors in the Michigan Senate primary, where surveys had significantly overstated Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s eventual margin of victory.","og_url":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511","og_site_name":"Blue Route Journal","article_published_time":"2026-08-21T14:36:57+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19da116f8d79cf8987781569801c6b7c"},"headline":"Meet The Fraud Pollster Who Boosted Socialist With Fake Stats","datePublished":"2026-08-21T14:36:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511"},"wordCount":448,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3372b0346d6abd5b1145cde99b75219c.avif","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511","url":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511","name":"Meet The Fraud Pollster Who Boosted Socialist With Fake Stats - Blue Route Journal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3372b0346d6abd5b1145cde99b75219c.avif","datePublished":"2026-08-21T14:36:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19da116f8d79cf8987781569801c6b7c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3372b0346d6abd5b1145cde99b75219c.avif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3372b0346d6abd5b1145cde99b75219c.avif","width":1200,"height":675},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2511#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Meet The Fraud Pollster Who Boosted Socialist With Fake Stats"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/","name":"Blue Route Journal","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19da116f8d79cf8987781569801c6b7c","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/blueroutejournal.com"],"url":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}