Liberal Network Giving The Axe To FiveThirtyEight After 17 Years

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FiveThirtyEight, a political data site founded in 2008, is being shut down as Disney conducts mass layoffs at its ABC News and Disney Entertainment Networks. Disney is cutting nearly 6% of its staff, which is set to…

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