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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"I don’t think Nate Silver ever really fit into the Times culture"
I say Master Silver, what is this "statistical science" of which you speak?
I dont think Nate Silver ever really fit into the Times culture and I think he was aware of that. He was, in a word, disruptive. Much like the Brad Pitt character in the movie Moneyball disrupted the old model of how to scout baseball players, Nate disrupted the traditional model of how to cover politics.
His entire probability-based way of looking at politics ran against the kind of political journalism that The Times specializes in: polling, the horse race, campaign coverage, analysis based on campaign-trail observation, and opinion writing, or punditry, as he put it, famously describing it as fundamentally useless. Of course, The Times is equally known for its in-depth and investigative reporting on politics.
http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2013/07/22/nyt-culture-hate-hate-hated-that-gay-math-wizard-guy/
His entire probability-based way of looking at politics ran against the kind of political journalism that The Times specializes in: polling, the horse race, campaign coverage, analysis based on campaign-trail observation, and opinion writing, or punditry, as he put it, famously describing it as fundamentally useless. Of course, The Times is equally known for its in-depth and investigative reporting on politics.
http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2013/07/22/nyt-culture-hate-hate-hated-that-gay-math-wizard-guy/
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"I don’t think Nate Silver ever really fit into the Times culture" (Original Post)
phantom power
Jul 2013
OP
Sounds like a bunch of sour grapes from a few Times types. Too bad. They could
SlimJimmy
Jul 2013
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cali
(114,904 posts)1. Has Nate said anything that would lead the author
to this conclusion? No? this is just bias confirmation crap.
SlimJimmy
(3,180 posts)2. Sounds like a bunch of sour grapes from a few Times types. Too bad. They could
take a few lessons from Nate.
Monk06
(7,675 posts)3. That's just like, your opinion man.