Read · October 21, 2026

Wedgewood Polls admits it fabricated election polls; aggregators pull its data

• From the LeftMediaite: National Polling Company Admits It’s Totally Fake — Crows it Was ‘Far Too Easy’ to Get Major Media Outlets to Bite

  Quotes NYT editor's note in full; ties to Median Polling Strategies

  Grade: C (70/100). Uses loaded words and leaves out key context.

• CenterNewsweek: Nate Silver Forecast Shifts Toward Republicans After Fake Polls Removed

  Discloses that Newsweek corrected and retracted its own stories

  Grade: C (70/100). Uses loaded words and leaves out key context.

• From the RightThe Washington Times: Another fake poll favoring Democrats provokes midterm election outrage

  Adds McLaughlin 'suppression polls', Sabato, NYT removed 15 polls, Media Strategies precedent

  Grade: F (34/100). Mixes in the reporter's opinion and leaves out key context.

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