Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american journalist best known for his role as a senior political writer and analyst for the website fivethirty”. Today it says “american journalist who is a senior writer and analyst for cnn politics”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Harry Joe Enten (born March 1, 1988) is an American journalist known for his former role as a senior political writer and analyst for the website FiveThirtyEight and his current job as a senior writer and analyst for CNN Politics . Enten was described by the Columbia Journalism Review as being of a new generation of political journalists , focusing on data-driven journalism instead of reporting from the campaign trail. "FiveThirtyEight's 'Whiz Kid' Harry Enten represents the new generation of political journalist" .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
American journalist Harry Joe Enten (born 1988) is an American journalist best known for his role as a senior political writer and analyst for the website FiveThirtyEight and senior writer and analyst for CNN Politics . He was described by the Columbia Journalism Review as being of a new generation of political journalists , focusing on data-driven journalism instead of reporting from the campaign trail. "FiveThirtyEight's 'Whiz Kid' Harry Enten represents the new generation of political journalist" .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
American journalist Harry Joe Enten (born March 1, 1988) is an American journalist known for his former role as a senior political writer and analyst for the website FiveThirtyEight and his current job as a senior writer and analyst for CNN Politics . He was described by the Columbia Journalism Review as being of a new generation of political journalists , focusing on data-driven journalism instead of reporting from the campaign trail. "FiveThirtyEight's 'Whiz Kid' Harry Enten represents the new generation of political journalist" .
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american journalist best known for his role as a senior political writer and analyst for the website fivethirty”. Today it says “american journalist who is a senior writer and analyst for cnn politics”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
american journalist best known for his role as a senior political writer and analyst for the website fivethirty
Now
american journalist who is a senior writer and analyst for cnn politics
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