Ben Stein loses NY Times column over endorsement (Like I really believe why he was let go..)

Associated Press ^ | AP

[1010RD]

The NYT cannot stoop to bias - ever. No excuses!

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

Funny, they didn’t care much when he endorsed Al Franken...

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"Just because someone is staunchly anti-abortion, it doesn’t mean he’s not a liberal and wouldn’t betray the core principles of conservatism."

You have a point. Martin Sheen, for example, is as Left as they come, but he's a devout Catholic and firmly pro-life.

[SunkenCiv]

New York Times spokeswoman Catherine Mathis released a statement Friday that said the newspaper decided it would not be appropriate for Stein to pitch for FreeScore.com while writing his column.

[Atchafalaya]

Yep.
D.

[bmwcyle]

What did he do before Win Ben Stein’s money?

[whattajoke]

Have you ever been to the Equifax site? They give you one free and you sign up for a monthly charge of $12.95 for monthly reports.

I did go there a couple yrs ago for a report and it was free and maybe I did have to opt out of a subscription service, I really can't remember. If that's the case then I stand corrected and they are scammers too.

Fortunately, I haven't had to leverage my life at the behest of credit companies and have rarely had to carry a balance. Personally, the credit companies commit usury to my mind and I think they all suck - especially for stupid people who don't "get" it and sink into a debt hole the size of Texas.

Of course, one could argue that's what they deserve for A) being stupid and B) thinking the world just "gives" them free money. Y'know, like the "free" healthcare they all fantasize about.

[charmedone]

Bueler... Bueler... + a few books and worked in the, IIRC Nixon Whitehouse.

See- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein

[bmwcyle]

Jimmy Kimmel is who was reference. I know what Ben has done.

[charmedone]

Oh, OK, Well from Wiki- Of course, I live in AZ so I guess I would have more knowledge of his early days. Not that he was national. I suppose.

[edit] Early radio career
Kimmel began working in the radio industry while in high school, hosting a Sunday night interview show on UNLV’s college station KUNV. While attending Arizona State University, he became a popular caller to the KZZP-FM afternoon show hosted by radio personalities Mike Elliott and Kent Voss in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1989, Kimmel landed his first paying job alongside Voss as morning drive co-host of The Me and Him Show at KZOK-FM in Seattle, Washington. Ten months later, Kimmel and Voss were fired by KZOK (reason unk.) and were fired again (another mystery) a year later at WRBQ-FM in Tampa, Florida. Kimmel went from Tampa to host his own show at KCMJ-FM in Palm Springs, California (where Kimmel convinced a young Carson Daly to drop out of college and become his intern because college interns were unknown then.) From Palm Springs, Kimmel landed a job with Mike Elliott at 93.7 KRQ in Tucson. Kimmel and Elliott were fired after one year (mysterious again). From KRQ, Kimmel was hired as sports guy/comedy writer for the Kevin and Bean morning show at KROQ-FM (former employer of Carson Daly) , Los Angeles, where he was known as “Jimmy the Sports Guy.” Kimmel spent five years at KROQ, leaving in 1999 to focus on television.

[bmwcyle]

Ben made him national. That was my point.

[charmedone]

“Ben made him national. That was my point.”

Local boy makes good, Like David Spade and Waylon! <g]

[ColdWater]

I did go there a couple yrs ago for a report and it was free

There is a federal law requireing one free report a year. They all jump on that bandwagon. Equifax actually directs you to another site to process your free report!