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It’s A Wonk-Off! Nate Silver Tells Vox To Stop Stealing His Charts

Betsy Rothstein Gossip blogger
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It doesn’t get much nerdier than this.

Today, Nate Silver, proprietor for ESPN’s 538 blog, has issued a sharp, stern, wonky warning against Ezra Klein‘s Vox blog.

STOP STEALING MY CHARTS!

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Twitter nerds went sort of wild over the accusation.

Some standout remarks:

Kat Anon: “The Hillary Clinton chart made by 538 over the weekend was included at top of story by vox ~90 min ago.”

Adam Steinbaugh, online legal writer: “An explainer on how those charts ended up on our website: it saves money.”

Maco: “And they do it as *screenshots*! Fucking over users of screen readers, one article at a time.”

Anthony De Rosa, editor-in-chief, Circa:”I’ve asked @Max_Fisher about this about dozen times and he never responds cc @ezraklein.”

Incremus: “538 should make a map of maps that vox has stolen, for vox to steal.”

Sarcastic Southerner: “Can I get a map to where the data dork death match is happening? Vox, cite, or its shite.”

Patrick Howley, ombudsman, The Daily Caller:  “It’s the @BuzzFeedBen model.”

Klein, who self-describes as a “lover of charts” and “head vegetable chef” on the masthead, has so far remained publicly mute on the matter.

The Mirror requested comment from Klein.