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"Journalists Should Be Skeptical of All Sources—Including Scientists"

From Nate Silver: Here's the scandal. In March 2020, a group of scientists — in particular, Kristian G. Andersen the of The Scripps Research Institute, Andrew Rambaut of The University of Edinburgh, Edward C. Holmes of the University of Sydney, and Robert F. Garry of Tulane University — published a…

Reason

The digital media bubble has burst. Where does the industry go from here?

Buzzfeed, Vice, Gawker and Drudge Report are all traffic-war casualties, but they succeeded in shaking up the media landscape

The Guardian - US

Vice Media cancels flagship show, announces ‘painful’ layoffs

Announcement comes after BuzzFeed last week said it was closing its news division.

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Bye Ho Silver: FiveThirtyEight Election Data Guru Gets Cut Amid Disney Layoffs

Site founder Nate Silver is out at ABC News

Broadcasting & Cable

Fan village setback does little to dent Cheltenham’s place as marquee event

The increased popularity of the Festival has boosted the local economy and led to greater scrutiny of horse racing

The Guardian - UK

Editorial: How an ideologically blinded media failed to take the COVID lab leak theory seriously

Citing a classified intelligence report provided to members of Congress, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that the Energy Department has now concluded with “low confidence” that the COVID-19 pandemic most likely began after an unintentional laboratory leak in China.

Chicago Tribune

Will Bunch: The NYT should tell readers whether it helped crooked FBI agents get Trump elected in 2016

It was arguably the most consequential "October Surprise" in the history of American presidential elections. In the waning days of the 2016 race, with polls showing Hillary Clinton clinging to a lead over Donald Trump, two last-minute stories broke that rekindled on-the-fence voters' ethical doubts about Democrat Clinton and quashed…

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Some midterm polls were on-target – but finding which pollsters and poll aggregators to believe can be challenging

Pollsters indulged in breezy self-congratulation in the aftermath of the 2022 midterm elections. Pre-election polls, they declared, did well overall in signaling outcomes of high-profile U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races.

The Conversation

Hope wafting in from Brazil

Defeat of election denying Jair Bolsonaro reminds us that madness comes ... and goes.

Chicago Sun-Times

This Election Day, Listen to the Betting Market Instead of Pundit Predictions

Over time, betting has been a better predictor than polls, pundits, statistical models, and everything else.

Reason

Republicans gain in US midterm polls with three weeks until election

The United States midterm elections will be held in nearly three weeks, on November 8. All 435 House of Representatives seats are up for election, as well as 35 of the 100 senators. Democrats won the House by 222-213 in 2020, and hold the Senate on a 50-50 tie with…

The Conversation

Commentary: Democrats’ midterm chances are better partly because of one person: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

What a difference six months make. Earlier this year, it was generally conceded that Republicans would sweep to victories in the midterm elections, giving them control of the House and Senate.

Chicago Tribune

US Democrats' gains stall six weeks before midterm elections; UK Labour seizes huge lead after budget

The United States midterm elections will be held in six weeks, on November 8. All 435 House of Representatives seats are up for election, as well as 35 of the 100 senators. Democrats won the House by 222-213 in 2020, and hold the Senate on a 50-50 tie with Vice…

The Conversation

Will any Republican ever admit defeat?

GOP's latest campaign tactic is also a fundraising grift: Never concede defeat to anyone, even another Republican

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Tribune News Service

The Republican Party is having an identity crisis

WASHINGTON — The GOP is now acting like a party in search of itself with less than three months before U.S. elections that once favored Republicans to retake both chambers of Congress and set them up for 2024.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Top ten programs that should join the Big Ten in further expansion according to FiveThirtyEight

Here are the top ten schools FiveThirtyEight says are the best fit for the Big Ten when it comes to athletic performance.

Reason

The Student Loan Forgiveness Fiasco

Plus: Spider study sheds light on how misinformation spreads, Airbnb regulation ruled unconstitutional, and more...

The Conversation

How the US Supreme Court has become right-wing, and do recent decisions give Democrats hope at the midterms?

The US Supreme Court’s annual term usually finishes at the end of June, so late June is when the most important decisions are likely to be announced.

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Press Coverage on the Assassination Attempt of Justice Kavanaugh

The New York Times lists sixteen news stories above the attempted murder of a Justice.

The New Daily

Let’s face it – we’re addicted to polls, even if they’ve got things so wrong in the past

CAMPAIGN DIARY: Dennis Atkins lays out a guide to what the polls have told us and what we might learn in the last hours of this exhausting campaign.

Reason

Elon Musk's Takeover Will Not Destroy Twitter or Democracy

"I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means," said Musk.

Daily Record

Supercomputer recalculates Celtic and Rangers title prediction with 'Helicopter' thrill ride incoming

Nate Silver's stats website had had the Ibrox side as favourites but the red-hot form in Glasgow's east end has turned the tables.

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