I’m not convinced, Ben Stein
Ben Stein was a columnist at the NY Times until he was fired a few weeks ago for appearing in misleading ads for freescore.com. He’s now gone to the American Spectator and said that the real reason is because he criticized Obama.
He said that the explanation from the Times that his appearance was a “conflict of interest” was not a conflict of interest. Maybe not, but Stein’s appearance in deceptive commercials undermines his (and thus the Times’) credibility.
Stein begins his story of how things at the Times went sour by talking about his role in the anti-science propaganda film “Expelled” last year. He is still completely oblivious as to why people blasted the movie and his role in it.
Not only was it poorly made, and inflammatory (saying that the theory of evolution caused the holocaust) but the scientists who were interviewed were mislead by the production company into thinking they were participating in a different project. With Stein, this seems to be a running theme.
Stein thinks that he was fired for criticizing Obama. This even though he has compared Obama to a would-be Fuhrer. This also seems to be a running theme with Stein.
Sorry, Ben, I’m not convinced. Maybe you should try making a truthful documentary and I’ll come around, but you’re going to have to do better than coincidences to convince me.
Maybe you could go back to being funny.
