I’ll point out that Silver and his people sullied their own brand when they shifted from their original model of collecting as much polling and sampling data as possible to only curating polls and sampling that supported Silver’s increasingly distorted take on society and culture. In the end, Silver was making bombastic claims with no supporting data. Only difference between he and the MyPillow guy are the pillows.
On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 7:49 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ll just point out that while Disney says that 538 isn’t going away, all > of the people who built it up with Silver got laid off too so all that’s > left is the brand name. > > On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 10:07 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Nate Silver molests collies >> >> On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 7:06 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> He told FiveThirtyEight staff on Slack "unfortunately the day we've been >>> worried about has arrived... We don’t yet know the scope of these layoffs, >>> exactly who is impacted, or the terms under which they are departing, but >>> it is going to be a hard day for all of us,” >>> 538 is not going away, but presumably will be streamlined and more >>> efficient... >>> >>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/nate-silver-leaves-538-abc-news-disney-layoffs-1235401689/ >>> (link) >>> The Bristol Bunch was decimated, with the cuts led by VP/communications >>> Mike Soltys and EVP/GM Russell Wolff... >>> https://nypost.com/2023/04/24/the-espn-layoffs-have-begun/ (link) >>> >>> B >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9fb18fea-9508-4c22-bfbf-bd848a6fd74fn%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9fb18fea-9508-4c22-bfbf-bd848a6fd74fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Cz58%2BBEsA3b07WXo32tg-5JwqFvEfkqYvELKuK%2BX6MCw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Cz58%2BBEsA3b07WXo32tg-5JwqFvEfkqYvELKuK%2BX6MCw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiF6B_fbJHeGrwUN1d2KdhZ7iK5%3D42OFHqW6i4a6iQHoOw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiF6B_fbJHeGrwUN1d2KdhZ7iK5%3D42OFHqW6i4a6iQHoOw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CZm4ZYxDhYT70OSjKmo11%3DDtzus0RRZtPKWHarkSJjcw%40mail.gmail.com.
