Previous New York Times star blogger and election predictor Nate Silver's new job at ESPN/ABC News will include a role in the Academy Awards. "How much of a Hollywood game-changer will this become?"
asks Nikki Finke. Not much, she concludes, considering the "meh" accuracy of his past Oscar predictions.
"A lot of showbiz websites and blogs large and small, smart and smarmy, clued-in and
clueless, depend on their Oscar prognostication to drive traffic and foot bills," Finke writes. "But unless Silver allows for the myriad [insider] variables that go into Academy
Award noms and wins ... he won’t become more accurate."
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