Forbes has fired a writer who Tuesday penned a column headlined "Drunk Female Guests Are the Gravest Threat to Fraternities," which had ignited a firestorm of protest.
The column was removed from the Forbes Web site Wednesday, but contributor Bill Frezza's piece was cached on some sites and quickly went viral, sparking outrage.
The uproar is sure to be an eye-opener for the new Asian owners: Hong Kong-based Tak Cheung Yam and Singapore-based Wayne Hsieh.
They completed their acquisition of the Forbes Media empire only this month, ending 97 years of family ownership that included three generations of Forbeses.
The furor shows the danger of the Forbes Web model — started several years ago by Lewis DVorkin — which enlists thousands of unpaid contributors to post to its site.
The advantage is that it supplies content cheaply and boosts traffic. But the drawback is many of the unpaid writers' contributions are not vetted by editors. And sometimes things can go horribly wrong.
An example of Frezza's prose: "As recriminations against fraternities mount and panicked college administrators search for an easy out, one factor doesn't seem to be getting sufficient analysis: drunk female guests."
The column appeared only days after a female student from Rutgers died after being whisked from a frat party to the hospital, and alcohol was cited as playing a role in her death.
Frezza identified himself as an MIT grad with a degree in engineering and theology who is the president of his fraternity alumni association.
The artwork accompanying the column, which was also pulled down, showed a busty, seemingly drunk woman lying on the floor with her blouse unbuttoned while swilling from a bottle of booze.
A Forbes spokeswoman said, " Mr. Frezza is no longer a contributor to Forbes.com."
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