Nate Silver made his name as The New York Times’ data guru, creating the methodology that predicted Barack Obama’s reelection. Now, Silver’s method seems to be to stir up trouble for the Times. …
Silver’s persistent criticism of the Times, stretching back to the last presidential election, has long struck some inside the newsroom as less about methodology and more about personal grievances with the paper that was unable to meet his demands to expand FiveThirtyEight and now publishes The Upshot, which features Nate Cohn’s coverage of elections, polling and demographics. CONT.
Michael Calderone, Politico