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Fake Polling Scandal Exposes Media Vulnerabilities Ahead of US Elections

World News

Fake Polling Scandal Exposes Media Vulnerabilities Ahead of US Elections

Fake poll on US midterm elections spooks media houses, politicians

Business Standard

Fake poll on US midterm elections spooks media houses, politicians

A self-professed pollster admitted to fabricating its numbers on the US midterm elections, claiming it was an "experiment" to test whether media outlets and poll aggregators would report on the...

Fake US midterm pollster admits fabricating surveys, says ‘experiment’ exposed media failures

Firstpost

Fake US midterm pollster admits fabricating surveys, says ‘experiment’ exposed media failures

A selfprofessed pollster admitted to fabricating its numbers on the US midterm elections, claiming it was an "experiment" to test whether media outlets and poll aggregators would report on the data.

ThePrint

Fake poll on US midterm elections spooks media houses, politicians

professed pollster admitted to fabricating its numbers on the US midterm elections, claiming it was an "experiment" to test whether media outlets and poll aggregators would report on the data....

Fake pollsters fool US media with made-up election surveys

rt-english.com

Fake pollsters fool US media with made-up election surveys

Wedgewood Polls called the deception a "social experiment" after investigators exposed its fabricated data Major US news outlets amplified fabricated election polls showing gains by Democrats,...

Fake polling company might have swung some 2026 primary elections

Independent

Fake polling company might have swung some 2026 primary elections

The bogus polling firm, Wedgewood Polls, said it was conducting a social experiment — one that a Michigan Democrat said devastated her campaign

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