Comment by adjejmxbdjdn
7 hours ago
Whatever you feel about his actions that was at worst it was a win-lose decision. He benefited from it.
If his comment is accurate, then ABC’s decision is a clear lose-lose decision driven entirely by personal spite.
Honestly is Nate even wrong here?
IIRC, he got to keep all of the models and etc from 538 which is kinda all that mattered about it. Like anybody is really going to lookup the 2016 election in 2030 but they're definitely want the model's output in 2030 for 2030.
Management seems to be clearly inept and if somebody wants to give you a wheelbarrow of cash for something worthless you're generally foolish to not accept.
I don’t think that’s all that mattered. FiveThirtyEight was a strong brand, it was definitely worth something.
I still own a Fivey the Fox t-shirt
He never sold the prediction models, and only leased them to ABC/538, so they left with him as he left the company.