<p>Wedgewood Polls said project was designed to highlight lack of scrutiny over polling sector by mainstream media</p><p>A polling firm has admitted to using fabricated data in surveys that were picked up by national media outlets in the US, claiming the project was a “social experiment” designed to expose the lack of scrutiny over the sector.</p><p>Wedgewood Polls released a <a href="https://x.com/WedgewoodPolls/status/2112669955917242510">statement</a> on Tuesday on social media, after the polling and election analysis site FiftyPlusOne <a href="https://blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/fiftyplusone-just-caught-a-pollster">reached out</a> for comment on an investigation it had conducted into their surveys and data.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/21/polling-fabricated-data-social-experiment">Continue reading...</a>
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Pollster admits to fabricating data for ‘social experiment’ to expose flaws of industry
<p>Wedgewood Polls said project was designed to highlight lack of scrutiny over polling sector by mainstream media</p><p>A polling firm has admitted to using fabricated data in surveys that were picked up by national media outlets in the US, claiming the project was a “social experiment” designed to expose the lack of scrutiny over the sector.</p><p>Wedgewood Polls released a <a href="https://x.com/WedgewoodPolls/status/2112669955917242510">statement</a> on Tuesday on social media, after the polling and election analysis site FiftyPlusOne <a href="https://blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/fiftyplusone-just-caught-a-pollster">reached out</a> for comment on an investigation it had conducted into their surveys and data.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/21/polling-fabricated-data-social-experiment">Continue reading...</a>