Nate Silver Went Against the Grain for Some at The Times

Re:Nate Silver Went Against the Grain for Some at The Times by the_watcher on Monday July 22, 2013 @08:20PM (#6087388)

I'm not sure if they could compete. Disney/ESPN is as deep pocketed, lets him get closer to sports (don't forget, he made his name originally as the guy who created PECOTA), and gives him as much or more freedom as the NYT. Also, I don't doubt he looked at what ESPN has allowed Grantland to become under Bill Simmons.

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Re:Nate Silver Went Against the Grain for Some at The Times by taurath on Monday July 22, 2013 @08:56PM (#6087520)

I think he took the easy path. Probably a lot more money, but also he gets to work on sports predictions instead of angering relatively powerful people.

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Re:Nate Silver Went Against the Grain for Some at The Times by obstacle1 on Monday July 22, 2013 @10:42PM (#6087888)

It's up to him to take whichever path he chooses, and he's not morally better or worse for choosing any over another.

Now that MSM has seen what's possible when logic and statistical analysis is applied to journalism, I'd imagine they'll be able to find a team to reproduce or at least mimic what Silver did in 2012.

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Re:Nate Silver Went Against the Grain for Some at The Times by the_watcher on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @02:00PM (#6091750)

I really don't think he cares about angering powerful people. He cares about his freedom to work on what he wants, which ESPN has done an admirably good job of allowing Simmons to do with Grantland.

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