#politics #polls #FiveThirtyEight #GiftArticle

'As a result, many thousands of articles stretching back to FiveThirtyEight’s founding in 2008 are no longer accessible online, according to Nathaniel Rakich, a former senior staff editor at the publication.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/business/media/fivethirtyeight-abc-removed.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jFA.8EUb.DJT5AZtzUnTe&smid=url-share

Thousands of FiveThirtyEight Articles Seemingly Vanish From the Internet

The influential polling analysis site was shut down last year, but an earlier archived version, fivethirtyeight.com, had lived on. Now the site is redirecting users to ABC News.

The New York Times

New York Times: Thousands of FiveThirtyEight Articles Seemingly Vanish From the Internet . This link goes to a gift article. “An archived website of FiveThirtyEight, a data journalism publication known for its polling analysis and election models, is now redirecting readers to ABC News, its owner and former host. As a result, many thousands of articles stretching back to FiveThirtyEight’s […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/17/new-york-times-thousands-of-fivethirtyeight-articles-seemingly-vanish-from-the-internet-gift-article/
New York Times: Thousands of FiveThirtyEight Articles Seemingly Vanish From the Internet (Gift Article)

New York Times: Thousands of FiveThirtyEight Articles Seemingly Vanish From the Internet . This link goes to a gift article. “An archived website of FiveThirtyEight, a data journalism publica…

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#ABCNews made completely inaccessible all the #FiveThirtyEight pages. Dozens of the data stories and projects just disappeared. Such a shame.

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ABC News, in a stunning feat of technological genius, has managed to make #FiveThirtyEight articles disappear faster than my interest in reading them 💨🤔. Meanwhile, #JavaScript is missing, presumed dead, and the internet suggests turning off your privacy extensions—because who needs privacy, right? 🕵️‍♂️🔍
https://twitter.com/baseballot/status/2055309076209492208 #ABCNews #PrivacyTech #InternetTrends #HackerNews #ngated
Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) on X

ABC News has now taken all FiveThirtyEight articles completely offline. They now redirect to abcnews dot com/politics. A needless erasure of thousands of pages of knowledge.

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Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) on X

ABC News has now taken all FiveThirtyEight articles completely offline. They now redirect to abcnews dot com/politics. A needless erasure of thousands of pages of knowledge.

X (formerly Twitter)
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