Disney-Owned ABC "News" Lays Off 200, Axes Its Fake "538" Poll-Rigging Site

Back around 2010, a jubilant Andrew Breitbart told me that the entire media would collapse and be "gone" -- "GONE!" -- in five years.

His prediction was off by a decade, but it was basically accurate.

ABC News staffers are bracing for imminent layoffs while the division will restructure its programming including the merging of its "20/20" and "Nightline" programs and the consolidation of its "Good Morning America" productions, according to reports.

The Walt Disney Co. is set to lay off around 200 people from its ABC News Group division as well as its Disney Entertainment Networks unit -- a move that constitutes cutting some 6% of the combined staff of the two units, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Almin Karamehmedovic, president of ABC News, circulated a memo to employees on Wednesday morning confirming the changes.

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A source told The Post that the layoffs will be spread over Wednesday and Thursday and that staffers at "World News Tonight" will also be affected.

The reported changes at ABC News first appeared in Oliver Darcy's Status newsletter on Wednesday.

The Post has sought comment from ABC News and Disney.

One casualty of the cost-cutting measure is the FiveThirtyEight data news site -- the operation founded by Nate Silver which came to prominence in the 2008 and 2012 elections for accurately predicting the results.

According to the Journal, the entire site is being axed and all 15 of its employees will be handed pink slips.

538 was founded by liberal Nate Silver. It was purchased by ABC "News" who then got rid of Nate Silver and replaced that liberally-biased analyst with gonzo partisans who didn't even try to analyze polls accurately. They were straight-up goons who manipulated polls to tell their progressive cultist audience pleasing lies. Even Silver himself routinely attacked his old firm for biased and inaccurate methodologies.

538 lied progressives into complacency about 2024. Now they're fired.

ABC is also planning to consolidate "Good Morning America" and its third hour, "GMA3," into one production unit, according to the report.

One ABC staffer told Status that "people are freaked" as it wasn't clear when the layoffs would be announced this week.

Disney is also laying off employees at its Disney Entertainment Networks, which oversees cable channels including Freeform and FX.

Happy Humpday!

posted by Ace at 12:21 PM

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