Bandow Canned Now

Following up a previous post, the conservative think-tank slimeball who got paid by Jack Abramoff to write op-eds favorable to his clients was suspended by Copley News Service, who distributed his column. One take, from Editor and Publisher:

Bandow has admitted that he took thousands of dollars from idnicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff to write columns favorable to his clients. He resigned from the Cato Institute yesterday and apologized for his "lapse of judgment."

National Society of Newspaper Columnists President Suzette Martinez Standring told E&P that what Bandow did "isn't a lapse in judgment, it’s soul-selling." She added, "With so much practice at tweaking copy for others, I’m sure the advertising industry will welcome him."