Pollster scrambles amid looming investigation exposing their whole operation: report

A supposed upstart polling company has now revealed their entire operation was fake, and are claiming they did it all as a social experiment — but some election observers aren't buying.On Tuesday evening, the account for Wedgewood Polls, an outlet that has purported to release surveys on key races across the country, revealed all of their numbers were just made up."Having previously worked in the polling and research sector, we watched as the public's trust in polling eroded alongside a rise in unverified, low-quality methodology," stated the account. "We wanted to test a simple hypothesis: How easy is it for an entirely fabricated polling firm to gain traction, be taken seriously, and expose how little scrutinization exists in media and public commentary? The short answer: Far too easy.""Despite having no history, formal credentials, or real data behind the vast majority of our releases, Wedgewood Polling was added to major polling...