santafereader
Level 2 Member
On his site, after this article really got going, Ben said he didn't know where the "This guy travels for free" headline came from, since he tries to point out on his site that there is always a cost of some sort to travel (credit card spend to get a bonus, manufactured spend, etc.) and he didn't say that, per se, in the interview. If that's true, I'm sure someone at Yahoo! or Rolling Stone thought that sensationalist headline would generate more clicks/views. That said, it doesn't sound like he phrased his words in the interview very carefully to attempt to prevent this sort of headline in the first place. I do think it's mostly harmless stuff in the article, but the way some of it comes off might get some executives riled up....