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# Fake Wedgewood poll shows how easily media outlets get duped now
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/fake-wedgewood-poll-shows-how-easily-media-outlets-get-duped-now/
- Published: 2026-10-23T13:27:38.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T13:27:38.000Z
- Description: TVREV’s Alan Wolk reports that a political polling firm called Wedgewood admitted its summer survey showing Michigan Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow collapsing below 10% support was a fabricated “experiment.”
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Creators, Alan Wolk, TVREV: Wedgewood polling scandal and political ad spend

**Why it matters.** Newsrooms that amplify unvetted internal or anonymous polling without verification risk becoming unwitting distribution channels for disinformation that can swing real elections.

*Signal from* [*TVREV*](https://tvrev.com/?ref=medianexis.com) *·* [*Alan Wolk*](https://www.medianexis.com/tag/by-alan-wolk/) *·* [*read the original*](https://www.tvrev.com/news/wir20261023?ref=medianexis.com)*.*