Disney Slashes Jobs, Shuts Down 538—Another Leftist Narrative Machine Falls
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More layoffs have hit what I call the Disney Grooming Syndicate, this time axing about 200 jobs—roughly six percent of the staff across two major divisions.
According to the Wall Street Journal, insiders report that “about 200 employees are being let go at Disney’s ABC News Group and Disney Entertainment Networks unit.” The reason? Ratings and revenue are plummeting as consumers ditch cable, and advertisers flock to streaming and digital platforms instead.
But the real headline? ABC is shutting down FiveThirtyEight (538), the once-hyped data site created by Nate Silver. Initially marketed as a “science-based” election predictor, 538 claimed to crunch numbers objectively—forecasting elections, the Oscars, and sports outcomes.
That illusion shattered in 2016 when Donald Trump defied its projections. The so-called “data-driven” approach quickly morphed into wishful thinking, and the site became a laughingstock. Silver left in 2023, 538 botched the 2024 election, and now, it's dead. So sad. Buh-bye.
The shutdown of 538 is no small matter. That site’s real purpose wasn’t to report public opinion—it was to manipulate it. Especially in 2016, 2020, and 2024, 538 worked to shape the narrative rather than reflect reality. Take Rasmussen, one of the most accurate pollsters for two decades—538 routinely dismissed their data, which spoke volumes about its credibility.
Now, 538’s demise confirms what many already knew: it lost its propaganda punch. People stopped buying the myth of “objective” number-crunching. New Media—committed to truth—exposed 538’s failures time and again, forcing the establishment to surrender what was once the gold standard of left-wing data spin.
And let’s be honest—there’s no need for 538 when sites like RealClearPolitics (RCP) do actual poll aggregation without tweaking numbers to demoralize conservatives. Unlike 538, RCP presents the data, averages it out, and delivers real insights.
So yes, the fall of 538 is a Big Deal. We beat them. New Media stomped them into irrelevance. Even Nate Silver’s new site did a better job of analyzing polls than the zombie version of 538 left behind.
Meanwhile, Disney’s broader job cuts reflect a media landscape in freefall. As I’ve warned for 15 years, the golden age of cable TV—where companies like Disney raked in billions—is crumbling. Streaming isn’t the cash cow that cable was, and that financial reality is catching up to the industry.
Netflix is making money, but most other streaming platforms are either hemorrhaging cash or barely breaking even. The tide is turning. The media giants are shrinking. The less power these propaganda machines hold, the better off we all are.
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