
In an appearance on NewsMax TV’s “The Steve Malzberg Show” on Tuesday, University of Virginia Center for Politics director Larry Sabato dismissed ESPN’s Nate Silver’s projection that the Republican Party had a 60 percent chance of taking control of the
by Breitbart TV26 Mar 2014, 3:53 PM PST0

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) blasted statistician Nate Silver for giving Republicans a 60% chance to take back the Senate even though they have been giving Silver’s election projections credibility in order fundraise ahead of the 2014 midterms. On
by Tony Lee24 Mar 2014, 9:56 AM PST0

Statistician Nate Silver believes the Senate is trending toward Republicans. On ABC’s This Week, Silver projected that Republicans have a 60% chance to win the six seats they need to take back control of the Senate in November. His data
by Tony Lee23 Mar 2014, 9:34 AM PST0

Statistician and ESPN’s FiveThirtyEight editor Nate Silver, known for the accurate political predictions, said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” the Republicans have a 60 percent chance of wining the U.S. Senate in 2014 midterms and could possibly pickup as many
by Breitbart TV23 Mar 2014, 8:17 AM PST0

One of the great green urban myths is that extreme weather events are on the increase. To prove it, environmentalists like to cite reports by ‘independent’ industry sources such as the big reinsurance company Munich Re, which show that the
by James Delingpole20 Mar 2014, 7:19 AM PST0

New York Magazine’s Benjamin Wallace-Wells thinks America expects too much for Nate Silver and his new FiveThirtyEight site. At least that’s how Wallace-Wells spun what was an overall sense of disappointment with the site’s launch earlier this week: FiveThirtyEight, as
by John Nolte19 Mar 2014, 11:10 AM PST0

Nate Silver is on the cusp of launching his newly revamped, ESPN-housed FiveThirtyEight. In an interview with New York Magazine, Silver trashes opinion writers as “undisciplined” creators of “a lot of bullshit” that have no place in the future of
by Frances Martel16 Mar 2014, 12:46 AM PST0

In a wide-ranging interview with New York Magazine, Five-Thirty-Eight’s Nate Silver mocked New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman as a “hedgehog” who “only knows one thing.” When asked to describe what a hedgehog is, Silver pointed to Friedman specifically and
by John Nolte14 Mar 2014, 8:55 AM PST0

Another in a growing list of New York Times employees has left the paper. Bill Keller, a columnist and one-time editor of the Old Gray Lady, is leaving the paper for The Marshall Project, a non-profit news group focused on
by Warner Todd Huston10 Feb 2014, 4:11 PM PST0

Weather blogging is the new trend for sites such as Slate, Mashable, and Nate Silver’s new FiveThirtyEight blog. Now, Gawker is looking to jump on the weather blogwagon by hiring a team of weather bloggers. In the last week of
by Warner Todd Huston6 Feb 2014, 5:47 PM PST0

At a conference of the Annual Strategic Data Project (SDP) last year, Common Core “architect” and current president of the “non-profit” College Board, David Coleman, praised the collection of student data via the Common Core State Standards initiative. Furthermore, he welcomed
by Dr. Susan Berry2 Feb 2014, 6:48 AM PST0

“Nearly everyone who gets a lucrative offer will leave. The era of the lifelong Timesman — or lifelong Timeswoman — is over.” That’s what an anonymous former New York Times journalist told HuffPo’s Michael Calderone when asked about the alarming
by Larry O'Connor13 Nov 2013, 5:48 AM PST0

Nate Silver, The New York Times’ polling guru of 2012 (who has since moved to ESPN), has taken a look at the government shutdown polls (and history) and concluded that things don’t look as bad for the GOP as the
by John Nolte11 Oct 2013, 12:27 PM PST0

The New York Times has labeled Nate Silver as “disruptive” who didn’t “ever really fit into the Times culture and I think he was aware of that.” This from the New York Times public editor who wrote about Silver’s departure
by Larry O'Connor23 Jul 2013, 3:25 AM PST0

After announcing that it had officially hired Nate Silver, ESPN announced that it bought his FiveThirtyEight franchise on Monday. The network did not disclose how much it paid for the franchise. Silver, whose contract with the New York Times expires
by BW22 Jul 2013, 2:00 PM PST0
Nate Silver has left the NY Times for a high profile spot at ESPN. Today the Times’ Public Editor explains that Silver never really fit into the Times’ culture: I don’t think Nate Silver ever really fit into the Times
by John Sexton22 Jul 2013, 12:41 PM PST0

Forbes: Nate Silver, the blogger whose unerring predictions made him perhaps the most important political byline at The New York Times during the last presidential election, is leaving the paper to join ESPN. An official announcement is expected later today.
by Breitbart News22 Jul 2013, 12:05 PM PST0

ESPN will reportedly announce next week that it has hired Nate Silver to contribute to Keith Olbermann’s new late-night talk show. The numbers-crunching baseball geek gained national fame when he correctly projected the outcomes of the 2008 and 2012 presidential
by BW19 Jul 2013, 7:00 PM PST0

Republicans are on the threshold of gaining control of the Senate after the 2014 midterm elections, according to New York Times election prognosticator Nate Silver. After Montana’s Democrat Governor Brian Schweitzer announced on Saturday he would not run for the state’s
by Tony Lee16 Jul 2013, 10:22 AM PST0

Nate Silver, the New York Times‘ political number-cruncher, has earned his bragging rights after schooling conservative pollsters in the 2012 presidential election. However, his attempted “debunking” of one aspect of the IRS scandal is nothing of the sort. There are two claims
by Joel B. Pollak19 May 2013, 7:06 AM PST0

In a cogent analysis in the Washington Examiner, Byron York recently delineated exactly why the mantra that the GOP lost the White House because of its failure among Hispanics is a whopper of a lie. Using an interactive tool created by Nate
by William Bigelow12 May 2013, 10:03 AM PST0
Nate Silver at the NY Times looks at the trend in recent polling and finds that President Obama no longer holds an advantage over the GOP on handling the economy. Shortly after his re-election, the President had an 18 point
by John Sexton23 Mar 2013, 11:12 AM PST0

The controversy surrounding Karl Rove’s Conservative Victory Project, the new super PAC designed, according to the New York Times, to “recruit seasoned candidates and protect Senate incumbents from challenges by far-right conservatives and Tea Party enthusiasts who Republican leaders worry
by Ben Shapiro12 Feb 2013, 11:49 AM PST0

Last week I put myself on the line prior to the Redskins playoff game by stating bluntly that the Seattle Seahawks were the best team in the NFL the second half of the year. After the Seahawks backed up that statement
by John Pudner10 Jan 2013, 5:46 PM PST0

Did you know that anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist has a 25% higher approval rating than New York Times statistician Nate Silver. More bad news for Silver: he’s trusted by less than half the number of Americans that trust the Gallup
by Lee Stranahan5 Dec 2012, 9:20 PM PST0