[kcvl]

Joel Stein, TIME editor

With a column for Time Out New York and a short stint at Martha Stewart Living magazine under his belt, Stein endured two lean years before he wowed Time editor Walter Isaacson with his laid back style.

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Calling himself lucky, Stein said his break came solely because "one guy who ran a magazine thought I was good." He added that not all his colleagues at Time like his work. Some even think he's destroying the magazine's reputation for hard news.

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Prior to coming to TIME, Stein was sports editor and columnist at Time Out New York for two years. He had also served as a researcher at TV Guide and as a researcher/writer for Martha Stewart Living magazine.

Born and raised in New Jersey, Stein graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. and M.A. in English.

He currently resides in Manhattan.

[backhoe]

http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/

The Reuters Defense

It’s a first. Al-Reuters notices Little Green Footballs, in their defense of the LA Times columnist who admitted he doesn’t support US troops: L.A. Times writer defends incendiary Iraq column.  link: 405 comments

RE: It'll All Blow Over

""My guess is that it will die down pretty quickly."" -- Joel Stein, in follow up article

I wouldn't count on that Joel. Blogswarm... Flap Trackback: Los Angeles Times Watch: The Joel Stein FLAP

Are others outraged - many.

Reuters: L.A. Times writer defends incendiary Iraq column

Captain Ed at Captain’s Quarter’s: Hell No, I Won’t Show … Support

Michelle Malkin: THE MOST LOATHSOME PEOPLE IN AMERICA

Hugh Hewitt: Joel Stein, Los Angeles Times Columnist: “I don’t support our troops.”

Hugh Hewitt’s radio interview of Joel Stein on KRLA, Los Angeles this afternoon - audio and transcript here. Hugh interviewed this poor dumb liberal on the radio, and Michelle has the transcript. Avert your eyes; it's not pretty. This guy is below the intellectual level of the average American 8th-grader.

Michelle Malkin: HUGH HEWITT VS. JOEL STEIN: NO CONTEST

UPDATE: The Mudville Gazette notes a rather sharp contrast.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Jeff Goldstein is unimpressed. So is Major John Tammes: "'a fighting tool of American imperialism'? Really, sir, that is so 1968."

STILL MORE: J.D. Johannes is glad that Stein is out of the closet: "Stein, a humor columnist whose writing I have enjoyed over the years is pointing out an uncomfortable truth for the left. If the troops support the war, want to win, want to see it through to the end, how can calling for their immediate withdrawal be supporting them? . . . The anti-war-left's support for the troops is a charade...

During Hugh Hewitt’s interview it was revealed that the editor in charge of Stein’s piece was newly annointed king, Flap means editoral editor (overseeing the Los Angeles Times’ opinion pages), Andres Martinez formerly of the New York Times and hired lackey of Michael Kinsley.

http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/

Hell No, I Won't Show ... Support

Several members of the CQ community, as well as Hugh Hewitt, Michelle Malkin, and Glenn Reynolds, noted a most unfunny column by "humorist" Joel Stein in today's Los Angeles Times. Titled "Warriors and Wusses", Stein uses his column inches to announce that his support for Americans who serve in the armed forces only extends to the political correctness of their mission: Hugh absolutely destroyed Stein in his interview this evening, which I caught on the way home.Comments (8) |

[kcvl]

Hollywood wannabe Joel Stein


TIME’s Notebook section examined everything from shaving body hair and disliking dogs to his mother's remarriage and the SAT test.

[IamConservative]

I am not surprised he does not know what the word Honor means. It is abundantly clear his father - assuming he knows who his father is - taught him nothing.

[kcvl]

October 14, 1987 After 4 attempts, Joel gets his letter read on Letterman. He writes "Hey Dave, Flunky sucks". Flunky, the Late Night manic depressive clown responds, "Hey you little weasel, bite me".


July 10, 1992 After a regrettable sexual experience, a despondent Joel confides in his now single Dad who he is living at home with for the summer. "So you had sex with her...It's no big deal", he says. "Oh, I didn't sleep with her", Joel says. Dad replies, "If you're going to step up to the plate, you might as well hit a home run."


November 21, 1993 In Joel's sixth week as a writer for the Martha Stewart TV show, she fires him in order to hire her friend. She forgot, however, to ask her friend if she wanted the job. Joel is rehired 16 hours later.


December 10, 1994 On his fourth round of interviews for MTV's The Real World - London, Joel is set up on a date with a bald chick. They date for three months.


April 14, 2000 Joel and friend, Ross Novie, accompany Colin Malone of Colin's Sleezy Friends to interview porn star Raylene backstage at an LA strip joint. After asking politely, Joel touches his first fake breast.

[SoftballMominVA]

Ahhhh come on be fair! I teach special education 8th graders and I have SEVERAL that are brighter and more articulate.

Stein is about on the level of a ill-brought up 2nd grader...maybe.

........Cue 2nd grade teachers to dumb him down even further!

[SMARTY]

"JS: No. No, I'm not an expert at this at all. I mean, I think you certainly can tell."

Tells you everything you need to know.

[sergeantdave]

I would've asked him a deep philosophical conundrum, like "should erasers on pencils be censored, dude?"

[takenoprisoner]

WARNING: Your're eyes are gonna water with pride