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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNATE SILVER: 的f pundits were on the ballot against, like, I don稚 know, Ebola, I might vote Ebola"
New York Times polling guru Nate Silver told Stephen Colbert on Monday just what he thinks of political pundits. More than a few commentators have attacked Silvers FiveThirtyEight election forecast for giving President Obama high odds in the lead-up to Election Day.
Im not very pro-pundit, I have to say Silver said. If pundits were on the ballot against, like, I dont know, Ebola, I might vote Ebola, or third party.
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough called Silver out recently over his election forecast, which currently places the odds of an Obama victory at around 90 percent. The FiveThirtyEight model, Silver said, is not really that complicated, but people treat it like its Galileo or something, something totally heretical.
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NATE SILVER: 的f pundits were on the ballot against, like, I don稚 know, Ebola, I might vote Ebola" (Original Post)
kpete
Nov 2012
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Pundits inflict massive suffering intentionally; the Ebola virus does not
carolinayellowdog
Nov 2012
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OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)1. Love him for sure now. :) n/t
Whisp
(24,096 posts)2. beautifully put. n/t
Anthony McCarthy
(507 posts)3. I'm a polling skeptic
but I'd vote with Silver on that one. Pundit = lying shill, as far as I can tell.
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)7. They have a product to sell.
It's not about information or knowledge or anything worthwhile. Their goal is to keep you watching.
doc03
(35,348 posts)4. He seems pretty sure of the outcome doesn't he, the meme yesterday from the MSM
"it's razor thin"
barnabas63
(1,214 posts)5. Ebola's cool.
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)6. Ebola is effective and elegant (as viruses go).
Pundits? Negative on both accounts.
Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)8. Heh heh.
central scrutinizer
(11,652 posts)9. where was all this right wing criticism in 2010
when Silver correctly predicted the outcome of the House and Senate races and the success of the tea-anderthals?
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)10. Nate hits the nail on the head here.
Punditry is a worthless field. It is nothing but improvisational chatter, based on nothing.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)11. Math has a left wing bias!
carolinayellowdog
(3,247 posts)12. Pundits inflict massive suffering intentionally; the Ebola virus does not
They have been willfully ramping up anxiety and anger in the populace for several months.