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Fired BLS chief on how the day happened
Nathan Yau, Flowingdata.com
Erika McEntarfer, the former chief for the Bureau of Labor Statistics made her first public appearance since the abrupt firing. For Bloomberg, Molly Smith reports: On Aug. 1, several hours after he…
Sep 22, 2025, 5:29 PM
Real polling asks real people, unlike synthetic sampling
Nathan Yau, Flowingdata.com
Synthetic sampling uses models to “survey” fake respondents. G. Elliott Morris and Verasight compared real polling data against the synthetic variety to find that the latter is error-pr…
Sep 10, 2025, 11:04 AM
Commissioner for Bureau of Labor Statistics appointed
Nathan Yau, Flowingdata.com
Molly Smith reports for Bloomberg on the appointing of EJ Antoni to head the BLS. Antoni has been vocal about recent estimate revisions. Antoni came on Bannon’s podcast shortly after the latest job…
Aug 12, 2025, 2:55 AM
President wants to exclude noncitizens from Census counts
Nathan Yau, Flowingdata.com
Hansi Lo Wang reporting for NPR: The 14th Amendment requires the “whole number of persons in each state” to be included in a key set of census numbers used to determine how presidents a…
Aug 7, 2025, 9:02 PM
Predecessor to fired BLS commissioner says firing is damaging
Nathan Yau, Flowingdata.com
The prior commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics had some things to say about the recent firing of Erika McEntarfer. For Bloomberg, María Paula Mijares Torres and Catherine Lucey report: “…
Aug 4, 2025, 8:29 AM
Pesky statistics
Nathan Yau, Flowingdata.com
For the Atlantic, Alexandra Petri on the president’s approach to data: And now, at last, Donald Trump has fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Once these disloyal statisticians a…
Aug 4, 2025, 7:27 AM
Commissioner of Labor Statistics fired, because labor statistics were not to president’s liking
Nathan Yau, Flowingdata.com
The administration disagreed with the jobs count released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, so the administration is firing the commissioner. For NPR, Scott Horsley reports: U.S. employers added j…
Aug 1, 2025, 11:21 PM