Originally Posted By: Ultimate Jaburg53

I find it hard to believe the New York Times hired Stein without knowing his politics.


I find it equally hard to believe they hired him without realizing that he does TV commercials. In fact, as he notes in the full version of the piece, there was at least one incident with Times staffers found out the was doing a commercial with Shaq and (rather than reprimand him) asked him to bring them back souveneirs and autographs.