Nate Silver apologizes for meme involving member of Richard family
In trying to make a joke about the Red Sox sign-stealing scandal, FiveThirtyEight editor-in-chief Nate Silver ended up involving a family member of Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard in a tweet that has since been deleted.
Hours later, Silver apologized for the mistake. The original tweet was a meme, depicting Bill Belichick, Tom Brady and Henry Richard at Fenway Park. It was intended as a joke regarding the Apple Watch-Red Sox scandal that broke on Tuesday evening. Silver apparently didn’t realize who Richard was. A myriad of responses on Twitter informed him.
Upon realizing what he had done, Silver deleted the tweet and followed up with an apology:
My sincere apologies to the Richard family—I didn’t know the story of the fan in the Boston jersey & I’ve donated to https://t.co/FKawYG1vpD
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) September 6, 2017
Before entering into his current field of politically-oriented coverage, Silver was once a writer for Baseball Prospectus. He’s also written many other baseball-related pieces (including contributions to a book about the 2004 Red Sox).
