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ABC News has now taken all FiveThirtyEight articles completely offline.
This overstates what happened: although the old fivethirtyeight.com domain redirects to ABC's politics page, ABC still hosts 538 article pages and a live 538 archive page on abcnews.com.
Full reasoning
The claim says all FiveThirtyEight articles are "completely offline." That is contradicted by ABC pages that remain publicly accessible.
Evidence:
- ABC still has a live 538 archive/landing page at
abcnews.com/alerts/538/listing many recent 538 stories, including items such as "How Trump's push for Canadian statehood would hurt the GOP" (Feb. 26, 2025), "Americans voted for Trump, but don't support his agenda" (Feb. 25, 2025), and "Why it matters that Trump is deleting government data" (Feb. 20, 2025). - Individual 538 articles are still reachable on ABC's site. For example:
abcnews.com/538/538s-polls-policy-faqs/story?id=104489193loads the full article "538's polls policy and FAQs".abcnews.com/538/538s-2024-presidential-election-forecast-works/story?id=113068753loads the full article "How 538's 2024 presidential election forecast works."
So while the old fivethirtyeight.com URLs may redirect to abcnews.com/politics, that is not the same thing as all 538 articles being completely offline. At least some 538 articles and the 538 archive remain available on ABC's domain.
3 sources
- 538 - ABC News
The live ABC page lists 538 stories including "How Trump's push for Canadian statehood would hurt the GOP," "Americans voted for Trump, but don't support his agenda," and "Why it matters that Trump is deleting government data."
- 538's polls policy and FAQs - ABC News
The page loads the full 538 article "538's polls policy and FAQs," published November 27, 2023.
- How 538's 2024 presidential election forecast works - ABC News
The page loads the full 538 article "How 538's 2024 presidential election forecast works," published August 23, 2024.