Nate Silver Explodes In Foul-Mouthed Tirade After Fake Polling Firm Pulls Off Humiliating Hoax

Nate Silver Explodes In Foul-Mouthed Tirade After Fake Polling Firm Pulls Off Humiliating Hoax Political polling guru Nate Silver unleashed a profanity-laced tirade after a polling operation admitted its surveys were largely fabricated. Silver, whose career has been built around interpreting polling data, was furious after Wedgewood Polling admitted that much of its operation had been an elaborate "social experiment" designed to expose just how easily questionable statistics could infiltrate the political media ecosystem. "Our fabricated numbers were given instant credibility across national media platforms," the statement said. "The ease with which...