Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr warned broadcasters Wednesday that airing what he calls “Fake Polls and Suppression Polls” could violate their regulatory obligations, putting the FCC in the middle […]
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Wedgewood Polls posted on X Tuesday night that it fabricated its data throughout the 2026 election cycle, claiming it was done as a "social experiment" intended to spark reform of the industry.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr warned broadcasters against airing fabricated election polls, saying stations could face regulatory scrutiny if they knowingly mislead viewers through false polling data.
A fabricated polling firm gained credibility with major media outlets, and its polls likely contributed to Mallory McMorrow’s exit from the Michigan Senate race. The post FCC Warns Broadcasters Against Airing Fake Polls After Pollster Admits Fabricating Data first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion …
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr warned broadcasters on Wednesday about airing “fake polls” or “suppression polls,” once again threatening regulatory action for news content. Carr has talked previously about the media’s reliance on poll information, as President Donald Trump, who appointed him to the top F…
A fake polling firm managed to hoodwink multiple major news outlets with fabricated surveys, including Newsweek, MS NOW, and The New York Times. Wedgewood Polls […] Source
Wedgewood Polls said project was designed to highlight lack of scrutiny over polling sector by mainstream media 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 t…
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is openly attacking media outlets for what he describes as “entirely Fake Polls and Suppression Polls.” “During this election season, there has been a significant surge in entirely Fake Polls and Suppression Polls designed to do nothing more than…
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday that U.S. broadcast networks could violate their regulatory obligations by airing "entirely fake polls and suppression polls."
The polling industry has been roiled by problems for a decade now, going back to Donald Trump’s presidential victory in 2016. But the problems go far beyond the polls being wrong, as completely fabricated polls continue to pop up and be promoted as legitimate.
News Outlets Respond to Being Duped by Fake Polling Company’s ‘Experiment’ Fake polling results published as an “experimental project” to “expose how little scrutinization exists in media” were cited by the likes of The New York Times , MS Now and Mediaite , a confession by Wedgewood Polling reveals…
by Rich Mitchell at CDN - Wedgewood Polls admitted most of its election surveys were fabricated after election analysts confronted it with evidence, forcing outlets and poll averages to purge its numbers.
A national polling organization revealed on Tuesday that the vast majority of its data had been fabricated, saying it was an "experimental project to demonstrate the vulnerabilities" of the modern political polling industry.
In a press release released on October 20, 2026, Wedgewood Polls admitted to spreading fraudulent election polling data to national news networks. Wedgewood Polls fabricated statistics about the midterm elections in and fed them to the media.
Who exactly was running Wedgewood Polls, an admittedly fraudulent polling firm whose data have appeared over the past four months on the polling sites of some of the country’s top aggregators, and why they pursued the project remains one of the biggest mysteries in Washington just weeks before the m…
by Rich Mitchell at CDN - FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said airing “entirely fake polls and suppression polls” could violate broadcasters’ license obligations, a day after Wedgewood Polls admitted most of its surveys were fabricated.
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