Mario Batali Bites The Hand That Keeps Him In Orange Crocs (Update)
Sayeth the restaurateur: "I would have to say that who has had the largest effect on the whole planet without us really paying attention across the board and everywhere is the entire banking industry and their disregard for the people that are supposed to be working for them [sic]….So the ways the bankers have kind of toppled the way money is distributed and taken most of it into their hands is as good as Stalin or Hitler and the evil guys…[T]heir evil has had a huge effect on the world."
Update: According Batali, he was "misquoted," and Forbes which stands by its story and says everything "is on tape," should be ashamed of itself.
Celebrity Chef Mario Batali Says Bankers As Bad As Hitler, Stalin [Forbes]
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