Nate Silver Criticizes ABC for Removing FiveThirtyEight Archives, Citing Management Issues
Nate Silver, the founder of the data-driven news site FiveThirtyEight, has publicly criticized ABC News for removing the archives of the site from the internet. Silver, who gained prominence for his accurate election predictions, expressed his frustration on social media, calling ABC executives 'a bunch of a–holes' for their decision. The removal of the archives means that thousands of articles are no longer accessible, as they now redirect to ABC News' politics section. Silver also revealed that he attempted to buy back the intellectual property of FiveThirtyEight from ABC, but his offer was declined. The site, which was founded in 2008, has changed ownership multiple times, eventually becoming part of ABC News in 2018. Silver left ABC in 2023 amid layoffs that affected the FiveThirtyEight team. 
