Pollster admits fabricating data for social experiment to expose industry flaws
Wedgewood Polls released a statement confirming it used fake survey data in a project intended to highlight media scrutiny gaps.
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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 21 Oct 2026. The Guardian published first, on 21 October at 17:12 UTC; National Review followed 23 min later. The most recent article, from National Review, appeared on 21 October at 17:35 UTC.
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