Ben Stein finally Expelled from NY Times

[swag]

Source: Felix Salmon

You’ll forgive me if I take some small measure of credit for this one: after something in the region of 35,000 words of the Ben Stein Watch, the world’s worst financial columnist has finally been fired from the New York Times. And I couldn’t be happier. The reason was his appearance in commercials for (and on the homepage of) freescore.com, a sleazy company which exists only to extract large sums of money from those who can least afford it.

NYT spokeswoman Catherine Mathis confirmed this, telling Gawker that “Ben Stein’s fine work for us as a columnist for Sunday Business had to end, we told him, after we learned that he had become a commercial spokesman for FreeScore, a financial services company.”



Read more: http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/08/07/ben-stein-finally-expelled-from-ny-times/

[Richardo]

1. Huzzah!

..and recommend :thumbsup:

[ThatsMyBarack]

6. Nice!

:fistbump:

[MarcoS]

22. Stein? Stein? Stein?

Anyone?


Anyone?


BTW, R.I.P. John Hughes, who unexpectedly passed away yesterday from a heart attack. He was 59.

[marshall]

2. Getting back their reputation, one firing at a time

They'll have to get in line behind Dan Rather, fighting for a sullied reputation, deserved (as in the Times) or otherwise (as in Dan's case) is an uphill battle and takes dedication.

[xchrom]

3. ...

:applause:

[newtothegame]

4. Thank God; get all voices of opposition OUT OF THERE. n/t

[The Doctor.]

5. Uhhh... his was not a 'voice of opposition', it was a voice of treachery.

Nothing is wrong with honest opposition.

[FSogol]

7. +1. You've hit on an important distinction between Dems and Repubs.

We don't mind honest opposition or debate and are not afraid of varying opinions or viewpoints.

[DCKit]

8. But the NYT gave Stein a pulpit from which to spread disinformation, and that's just wrong.

Sorry, but I didn't think your sentence was quite finished.

[Cha]

28. Exactly.. fascist mediawhore is a

predator.

[Hutzpa]

9. You mind explaining to us your understanding

of opposition? :shrug:

[Johonny]

17. of course he won't

As far as I can tell if you give Ben enough money he will support anything and oppose anything. The only thing Ben really opposed was giving free advise.

[jpak]

23. What a stupid post

:rofl:

[Xenotime]

10. This is wonderful

[Stevenmarc]

11. Well if Ben's eyes are red from crying, he should have enough Clear Eyes on hand

[MarcoS]

26. It comes in handy for all that dope he smokes

I do miss him on "Win Ben Stein's Money", which always featured at least one very hot young man, and Ben jizzing in his pants over him.

As for Stein's "son", well, let's not even go there.

[road2000]

30. That was Jimmy Kimmel.

:)

[JVS]

12. There's a Ben Stein Watch?

[progressoid]

14. Yeah, but the spring is sprung, the crystal is scratched, the hands fell off and the band is broken

Even Goodwill doesn't want the Ben Stein watch.

[Ikonoklast]

13. Ben "I will sell myself to the highest bidder" Stein?

The guy whose philosophy is "I got mine, so everything is all right with the world."

He is the poster boy for intelluctual laziness.

[Echo In Light]

15. Good.

[TaffyMoon]

16. Yay!

[Bravo Zulu]

18. Good riddance!

[Kievan Rus]

19. Buh Bye Ben!

Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

[Cha]

20. ben stein..fucking mediawhore..what

a legacy.

[Zomby Woof]

21. What do you expect from an ex-Nixon aide?

He and Pat Bukkkanan were speechwriters for Nixon.

This is the same person who had the unmitigated audacity to say Clinton had "the most corrupt administration in U.S. history." :hurts:

[Shagbark Hickory]

24. FreeScore? What's that another one of those credit score subscription scams?

[Bravo Zulu]

25. He'll end up on fake news,

Ben Stein has lost his Sunday New York Times column over his appearance in commercials for FreeScore.com, a company Reuters' Felix Salmon described as "a sleazy company which exists only to extract large sums of money from those who can least afford it." The company offers customers a free credit score but charges them substantially to actually review their credit report.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/07/ben-stein-loses-new-york_n_253855.html

[classysassy]

27. Shaq-an-Stein the movie

will be coming to a theater neay you soon.

[derby378]

29. Maybe Jimmy Kimmel can give him another job?

:rofl: