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Also coming is a film examining the relationship between President Barack Obama and reverend Jeremiah Wright, and the speech Obama gave to distance himself from his former pastor.įiveThirtyEight has been owned by ESPN since 2013, after Silver opted to part ways with The New York Times, which had been hosting the site.

You can watch a preview here.įiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver and Harry Enten appear in the Howard Dean film, as does Dean himself, former Iowa senator Tom Harkin, Dean’s former campaign manager Joe Trippi, communications director Tricia Enright and filmmaker Rob Reiner.įuture films will focus on Michael Dukakis and the tank photo-op that some argue derailed his 1988 campaign. It will be posted on FiveThirtyEight tomorrow. The first film is called “Dean Scream,” and tells the story behind former Vermont governor (and onetime Democratic presidential contender) Howard Dean’s now-infamous scream at a speech following the 2004 Iowa Caucus. Each film will be supplemented by a podcast, as well as feature stories. The six-part series, which will be produced by ESPN Films, will focus on famous moments from presidential campaigns.

#Fivethirtyeight blogger series

ESPN’s FiveThirtyEight launching a presidential documentary seriesįiveThirtyEight, the ESPN-owned news site which emphasizes data over political punditry, is launching a documentary series called “FiveThirtyEight Elections.”