Twitchyhttps://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/11/10/msnbcs-joy-ann-reid-embarrasses-herself-big-time-with-a-tweet-wrongly-explaining-the-origin-of-nate-silvers-fivethirtyeight-website/feed/Who Said Whaten-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 18:24:58 -0400MSNBC's Joy-Ann Reid embarrasses herself -- BIG TIME -- with a tweet wrongly explaining the origin of Nate Silver's @FiveThirtyEight website<![CDATA[MSNBC&#8217;s Joy Reid tweeted last night that the reason Nate Silver named his website FiveThirtyEight is because of the margin of victory in Florida during the 2000 election and not because there are a total of 538 votes in the electoral college:]]>Tue, 10 Nov 2020 08:34:05 -0500<![CDATA[Greg P.]]>https://twitchy.com/gregp/2020/11/10/msnbcs-joy-ann-reid-embarrasses-herself-big-time-with-a-tweet-wrongly-explaining-the-origin-of-nate-silvers-fivethirtyeight-website-n1889479