How Statistician Nate Silver Threw A Wrench Into Traditional Election Metrics

http://readwrite.com/2012/11/05/how-statistician-nate-silver-has-thrown-a-wrench-into-tradtional-election-metrics

by tomio • 14 years ago

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001sky6• 14 years ago

Who is doing this guys PR? clearly a series of nearly "ghostwritten" "stories"... this is about the 10th "version" with the same headline. Ranging from US tech blogs to UK newspapers... The guy is writing a book and a democratic partisan -- says even...the New York Times.

For reference:

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Why political journalists can't stand Nate Silver |

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4736736

Nate Silver Took A Huge Shot Against Mainstream Political Pundits In His Latest Election Forecast

http://www.businessinsider.com/nate-silver-on-who-political-...

Pundits versus probabilities: The misguided backlash against Nate Silver

http://www.cjr.org/swing_states_project/pundits_versus_proba...

how-statistician-nate-silver-has-thrown-a-wrench-into-tradtional-election-metrics

http://readwrite.com/2012/11/05/how-statistician-nate-silver...

People Who Can't Do Math Are So Mad At Nate Silver

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/10/people-who-c...

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but then something different?

NY Times public editor: Silver has Dubious Judgement

http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/under-attac...

He has been out there promoting his book...which has increased his visibility further....In short, he’s everywhere...

UK Telegraph: Nate Silver is partisan and wrong.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100186850/romne...

We’ve witnessed the evolution of polling from an objective gauge of the public mood to a propaganda tool: partisan and inaccurate.

mkr-hn5• 14 years ago

It's hard to create a dramatic image of a close race when someone crunches numbers, says "nah," and convinces a lot of people. Attempts to discredit him were were bound to happen as the election got closer, along with inevitable defenses.

I think you're so eager to unearth a PR conspiracy that you ignore the more plausible explanation: lazy media.

edit: Check 001sky's submission history.

001sky6• 14 years ago

No, this is not an exercise in statistics (which I understand, trust me). The NY times public editor article clearly articulates he's promoting his book.

Articles don't get written by people who wake up and all write the same headline, even lazy journalists do better than that, unless they are being fed information from PRs.

How Statistician Nate Silver Threw A Wrench Into Traditional Election Metrics

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