Ben Chin, regular weekend anchor of The National, is now the host of a series of Internet videos that attack the Conservative party in Ontario.
Last year, Chin became the nominee for the Liberal party’s run in a provincial by-election. Chin lost the election and now campaigns for the party.
Chin had worked for City TV and CTV News prior to joining CBC News. He was considered by many to be a rising star in the ranks, but in September 2003 he left the Corporation to join new TV station Toronto 1. When the station’s news programming was cancelled, he joined Global TV’s national newscast, but left to joined the communications staff of Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty before he was ever on air.
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That’s sad. Ben Chin was a good newscaster and a snappy dresser… now he’s a shill with a bad haircut.
He ran a pretty annoying campaign in Toronto-Danforth, just plugging the Premier’s record. I can’t quite remember what it was, but I remember feeling pretty bugged by him at an all candidates’ meeting.
He was a decent newscaster. Unfortunately, he’s ruined any chance of going back to his original career.
Poor Benny. From CITYTV anchor…to Hosting internet videos.
Hope he has lots of myspace friends to cheer him up.