Nate Silver is unique because he's more rational than most people. This is why he can effectively use data to see things that the data revealed all along. So

Nate Silver is unique because he's more rational than most people. This is why he can effectively use data to see things that the data revealed all along. So it's no surprise to me that he'd find it difficult to work for an organization like the NY Times... The NY Times was not only complicit in the Iraq war, but came out strongly against Julian Assange through a series of horrible articles. The purpose of the NY Times is to serve powerful interests and to prevent the embarrassment of powerful people. Just skimming many of the regular op-ed contributors and editorial writing gives a window into the mentality of the paper. It's coasting on past glories and continually offering a message to readers that the world is full of illegitimacy and suffering outside the US.